Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HUMAN SERVICES AND HEALTH LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 3) 1995 No. 149 of 1995 - SCHEDULE 2

                               SCHEDULE 2            Section 3

MINOR TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS OF ACTS
Aged and Disabled Persons Care Act 1954 1. Division 4 of Part III (heading):
Omit "eligible".
Disability Services Act 1986 2. Paragraphs 10(5)(e) and (g): Omit
"fulfillment", substitute "fulfilment". 3. Paragraphs 12(5)(d) and (f): Omit
"fulfillment", substitute "fulfilment".
Health and Community Services Legislation Amendment Act 1991 4. Section 43:
Omit "Benefit", substitute "benefit".
Health and Community Services Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1993 5.
Section 19: Repeal the section.
Health and Community Services Legislation Amendment Act 1993 6. Section 24:
Repeal the section, substitute: Benefit payable for up to 2 days prior to
admission

"24. Section 46B (second occurring) of the Principal Act is renumbered as
section 46AB and relocated immediately after section 46A of the Principal
Act.".
Health Insurance Act 1973 7. Paragraphs 3(2)(a) and (b): Omit "be patient of
the hospital", substitute "be a patient of the hospital". 8. Subsection
19B(3): Omit "subsection 124FB(1)(e)(vi)", substitute "subparagraph
124FB(1)(e)(vi)". 9. Paragraph 19D(1)(b): After "the person to whom the
service is to be rendered" insert "or initiated". 10. Subsection 23DNA(7):
Omit the subsection. 11. Subsection 23DO(2E): Omit "section 23DND(1)",
substitute "subsection 23DND(1)". 12. Subsection 23EA(1): Omit "Subject to
subsection (4) The Minister may", substitute "Subject to subsection (4), the
Minister may". 13. Subsection 115(1): Omit "President of Tribunal", substitute
"President of a Tribunal". 14. Subsection 119(1): Omit "a Tribunal that",
substitute "A Tribunal that".

Health Insurance Commission Act 1973 15. Subsection 22(3): Omit "Remuneration
Tribunals Act 1973", substitute " Remuneration  Tribunal Act 1973 ".
Health Legislation (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Amendment Act 1991 16. Paragraph
13(c): Add at the end "(first occurring)".
Health Legislation (Private Health Insurance Reform) 
Amendment Act 1995  17. Item 3 of Schedule 3: Omit "(bi)", substitute "(bl)".
Medicare Agreements Act 1992 18. Section 9: Omit "Schedule 2", substitute
"Schedules 2".
National Health Act 1953 19. Subsection 4(1AA): Omit "an patient" (wherever
occurring), substitute "a patient". 20. Subsection 73BA(3): Omit "paragraph
(bga)", substitute "paragraph (bj)". 21. Subsection 84(4): Omit the
subsection, substitute:

"(4) A dependant, in relation to a person to whom paragraph (a) or (b) of the
definition of concessional beneficiary applies, is:

   (a)  the spouse of the person; or

   (b)  a child under the age of 16 years who is in the custody, care and
        control of the person of the spouse of the person; or

   (c)  a person who:

        (i)    has attained the age of 16 years but is under the age of 25
               years; and

        (ii)   is receiving full time education at a school, college or
               university; and

        (iii)  is not being paid a disability support pension under the
               Social Security Act 1991 or, in a case where the person is
               being paid a rehabilitation allowance under that Act, was not
               eligible to receive an invalid pension immediately before the
               person became eligible to
receive that allowance; and   (iv) is wholly or substantially
dependent on the person or on the spouse of the person.". 22. Subsection
84C(1AA): Omit "$400 or", substitute "is $400 or".