Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Li v Determining Authority [2022] FCA 1448 File number: NSD 593 of 2022
Judgment of: RAPER J
Date of judgment: 1 December 2022
Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – application to review a decision made by the Determining Authority to make directions that the applicant repay benefits for Medicare Benefit Schedule items for which he was found to have engaged in inappropriate practice and be disqualified for 18 months under s 106U of the Health Insurance Act 1973 (Cth) – whether the Authority had regard to an irrelevant consideration, misdirected itself, or misunderstood its task when it took into account the Director and the Committee's statements of concerns – whether the Authority misdirected itself as to its statutory task when determining whether it should make the repayment directions – whether errors were material – application for review dismissed
Legislation: Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth) ss 5(1)(b), 5(1)(e), 5(1)(f), 5(1)(j), 5(2)(a), 15(1), 15(1)(b) Health Insurance Act 1973 (Cth) ss 79A, 80(2), 80(3), 80(4), 80(6), 80(10), 81, 82, 82(1), 82(1)(a), 88A(1), 88A(3), 89B, 89C, 92, 92(1)(b), 93, 93(1), 93(6), 93(8), 93(8)(a), 93(8)(b), 93(9), 101(1), 101(2), 106KD, 106L, 106L(3), 106L(3)(a), 106L(3)(b), 106L(5), 106M, 106M(1), 106M(2), 106M(2)(b), 106M(3), 106S, 106S(1), 106S(2), 106S(2A), 106S(3), 106S(4), 106SA(1), 106T(1), 106T(2), 106T(3), 106TA, 106TA(1), 106U, 106U(1), 106U(1)(cb), 106U(3)(a), 106UAA, 106UAA(1)(a), 106UAA(1)(b), 106XA, 106XA(1), 106XA(2), 106XA(3), 106XA(4), 106XB, 106XB(2), 106XB(2) Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) ss 39B(1), 39B(1A) Health Insurance (Professional Services Review Scheme) Regulations 2019 (Cth) reg 10(2)(c) Explanatory Memorandum, Health Insurance Amendment (Professional Services Review and Other Matters) Bill 2002 (Cth) Explanatory Memorandum, Health Insurance Amendment (Professional Services Review) Bill 2012 (Cth) Health Practitioner Regulation National Law 2009 (NSW) s 150, s 11 of Schedule 5D
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