Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1985 No. 41 HEALTH INSURANCE COMMISSION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 1

Regulation 4 of the Health Insurance Commission Regulations is repealed and
the following regulations are substituted: Additional functions of the
Commission

"4. (1) In this regulation, 'Repatriation Commission' means the Repatriation
Commission established under section 7 of the Repatriation Act 1920.

"(2) For the purposes of sub-section 8E (1) of the Act, the following
functions are prescribed, namely, to process, on behalf of the Repatriation
Commission, claims for payment submitted to the Repatriation Commission in
respect of the provision of medical treatment to persons under Part IV of the
Repatriation Regulations and to prepare, on behalf of the Repatriation
Commission, cheques for the payment of those claims. Modification of Part V of
the Act

"4A. Part V of the Act is, in connection with the application of its
provisions to the activities of the Commission in the performance of the
functions referred to in sub-regulation 4 (2), modified by inserting in that
Part before section 33 the following section:
'32A. In the provisions (other than sections 33 and 34) of this Part, a
reference, in relation to the Commission, to the performance of its medicare
functions includes a reference to the performance of the functions referred to
in sub-regulation 4 (2) of the Health Insurance Commission Regulations.'.".