Health Legislation Amendment Act 1982 No. 49 of 1982 - SECT 10
Claims for reimbursement on account of payments of Commonwealth medical benefits
Health Legislation Amendment Act 1982 No. 49 of 1982 - SECT 10
Claims for reimbursement on account of payments of Commonwealth medical benefits
10. Section 20D of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof
the following sub-sections:
''(3) Regulations in force for the purposes of paragraph (2) (c) may require
information to be supplied in a specified form on a specified kind of disc,
tape, film or other medium.
''(4) The Minister may, by notice in writing served upon the person who is,
for the purposes of the National Health Act 1953, the public officer of a
registered medical benefits organization, direct that information accompanying
claims for reimbursement under sub-section (1) that are lodged by that
organization during a specified period shall be treated, for the purposes of
this section, as if they had complied with the requirements of the regulations
in force for the purposes of paragraph (2) (c) notwithstanding that in a
specified respect or in specified respects those claims did not so comply.''.