Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 2001 (Cth)

Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 2001

No. 59, 2001

Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 2001

No. 59, 2001

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

Contents 1 Short title................................... 2 Commencement............................... 3 Schedule(s)..................................

Schedule 1—Amendment of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Act 1987

Part 1—Membership of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Part 2—The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Ethics Committee

Schedule 2—Amendment of the Health Insurance Act 1973

Part 1—Recognition of specialists

Part 2—Pay doctor via claimant cheques

Schedule 3—Amendment of the Private Health Insurance Incentives Act 1998

Part 1—Low claims and late claims

Part 2—Premium reductions

Part 3—Technical amendment

Schedule 4—Amendment of other Act Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 3) 1999

Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 2001

No. 59, 2001

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

[Assented to 28 June 2001]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 2001.

2 Commencement

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

(2) Items 7, 8, 9 and 10 of Schedule 3 are taken to have commenced on the day on which the Private Health Insurance Incentives Act 1998 commenced.

(3) Item 12 of Schedule 3 is taken to have commenced on 1 January 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Subject to section 2, each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendment of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Act 1987