Health Legislation Amendment Act 1982 No. 49 of 1982 - SECT 11 Advances

Health Legislation Amendment Act 1982 No. 49 of 1982 - SECT 11

11. Section 20E of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting from paragraph (8) (b) ''and'';

   (b)  by inserting after paragraph (8) (b) the following paragraph:

''(ba) where the advance is the first advance-shall be accompanied by such
further information relating to the claim as is prescribed; and''; and

   (c)  by adding at the end thereof the following sub-sections:

''(10) Regulations in force for the purposes of paragraph (8) (ba) or (8) (c)
may require information to be supplied in a specified form on a specified kind
of disc, tape, film or other medium.

''(11) 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 advances 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 paragraphs (8) (ba) or (8) (c) notwithstanding that in a
specified respect or in specified respects those notices did not so comply.''.