Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2001 (Cth)

Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2001

No. 6, 2001

Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2001

No. 6, 2001

An Act to amend legislation relating to health, and for related purposes

Contents 1 Short title................................... 2 Commencement............................... 3 Schedule(s).................................. 4 Application of amendment made by Schedule 2............ 5 Application of amendments made by Schedule 4............

Schedule 1—Outreach services Health Insurance Act 1973 National Health Act 1953

Schedule 2—Disclosure of information National Health Act 1953

Schedule 3—Lifetime health cover National Health Act 1953

Schedule 4—Rate increases proposed by registered organisations National Health Act 1953

Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2001

No. 6, 2001

An Act to amend legislation relating to health, and for related purposes

[Assented to 21 March 2001]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2001.

2 Commencement

(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), Schedule 1 commences on a day to be fixed by Proclamation.

(3) If Schedule 1 does not commence under subsection (2) within the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, it commences on the first day after the end of that period.

(4) Schedule 3 commences, or is taken to have commenced, immediately after the commencement of the National Health Amendment (Lifetime Health Cover) Act 1999.

3 Schedule(s)

Subject to section 2, each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.