Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Health Legislation Amendment Act 1983 No. 54 of 1983 - SECT 119

119. (1) Section 78 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after
sub-section (1) the following sub-section:

''(1A) Sub-section (1) does not apply in relation to a change made by a
registered organization for the purpose only of enabling the organization to
make an application under section 68 to which section 68A relates.''.

(2) Section 78 of the Principal Act is amended-

         (a)  by omitting from sub-section (2) all the words preceding ''the
Minister shall'' and substituting the following:

''If the Minister considers that a change notified under sub-section (1)
alters or affects the benefits, the amounts of the benefits or the conditions
relating to the provision of the benefits provided by the organization in
accordance with the basic table,'';

         (b)  by inserting in sub-section (5) ''any health benefits fund,''
before ''any medical benefits fund'' (wherever occurring);

   (c)  by omitting sub-sections (8A) and (9); and

   (d)  by omitting from sub-section (11) ''contributions or benefits,
or both,'' and substituting ''benefits''.

(3) Where the Minister has made a declaration under sub-section 78 (2) of the
Principal Act in respect of a change notified by an organization under
sub-section (1) of that section, section 78 of the Principal Act continues to
apply, subject to the regulations, on and after 1 February 1984 in relation to
that change as if the amendments made by sub-section (1) had not been made.