Commonwealth Numbered Acts

NATIONAL HEALTH AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 60, 1976 - SECT 19

19. Section 67 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by adding at the end of paragraph (b) of sub-section (2) the word
        ''and'';

   (b)  by omitting sub-paragraphs (iii) and (iv) of paragraph (c) of
        sub-section (2) and substituting the following sub-paragraphs:-

''(iii) costs incurred by the organization wholly and exclusively in
providing, or arranging to provide, in that State, professional services or
other allied health services for contributors, or contributors included in a
class of contributors, to that fund or dependants of such contributors or if,
in accordance with the rules of the organization, the Northern Territory is to
be treated as part of that State, incurred by the organization wholly and
exclusively in providing, or arranging to provide, such services in that State
and in the Northern Territory;

''(iv) such proportion of any costs incurred by the organization in the
carrying on of business referred to in sub-paragraph (ii) or in providing or
arranging to provide services referred to in sub-paragraph (iii), not being
costs incurred wholly and exclusively in relation to such business or such
activities, as is approved by the Permanent Head as being an equitable
proportion; and

''(v) any amount transferred, with the approval of the Minister or in
accordance with a direction of the Minister, to another fund (whether a
medical benefits fund or a hospital benefits fund) conducted by the
organization.'';

   (c)  by omitting paragraph (d) of sub-section (2);

   (d)  by omitting from sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (c) of sub-section (4)
        the word ''and'';

   (e)  by omitting sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (c) of sub-section (4) and
        substituting the following sub-paragraphs:-

''(ii) costs incurred by the organization in the carrying on of business as a
registered medical benefits organization;

''(iii) costs incurred by the organization in providing, or arranging to
provide professional services or other allied health services for
contributors, or contributors included in a class of contributors, to that
fund or dependants of such contributors; or

''(iv) any amount transferred, with the approval of the Minister or in
accordance with a direction of the Minister, to a hospital benefits fund
conducted by the organization.''; and

   (f)  by omitting paragraph (d) of sub-section (4).