Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The Minister may, as the Minister thinks fit but subject to subsection (3), arrange for the provision of medical services.
(2) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette :
(a) declare premises to be:
(i) a hospital;
(ii) a nursing home;
(iii) an urban health centre; or
(iv) such other centre as he determines and specifies in the notice; or
(b) determine the charges to be made for medical services provided under this Act, which charges may vary according to whether or not the services:
(i) are provided at declared premises;
(ii) are received by a person who:
(A) is an eligible pensioner within the meaning of section 3(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 of the Commonwealth;
(B) has been declared under section 5B, 5D or 5E of that Act to be a disadvantaged person;
(C) is insured in respect of such charges; or
(D) is an alien; or
(iii) have been provided by, or at the request of, a private dentist or private medical practitioner.
(3) In administering this Act, and in the
provision of medical services generally by the Territory by or in hospitals in
the Territory, the Minister shall ensure, as far as possible, that the
Medicare principles and commitments specified in Clause 3.1 of an agreement
between the Commonwealth and the Territory entitled an "Agreement between the
Commonwealth of Australia and the Northern Territory in relation to the
Provision of Public Hospital Services and Other Health Services from 1 July
1993 to
30 June 1998 under Section 24 of the Health Insurance Act 1973 (Cth)"
dated 8 February 1993 (Clauses 1 to 3 of which are set out in Schedule 2 to
this Act), or that agreement as from time to time amended, are observed and
complied with.