Commonwealth Numbered Acts

NATIONAL HEALTH AMENDMENT ACT 1979 No. 54, 1979 - SECT 16

16. The registration under the National Health Act 1953 of an organization
that conducts a medical benefits fund shall, whether the registration was
effected before, or is effected after, the commencement of this section, be
deemed to be subject to the following condition:

The rules of the organization will not provide for a waiting period for
eligible persons who, after 31 August, and before 1 November, 1979, become
contributors to that fund for benefits in accordance with a basic table or an
optional table.
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