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Health Legislation Amendment (Medicare) Act 2004
No. 16, 2004
An Act to amend the law relating to medicare, and for related purposes
Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedule(s) 4 Review of the operation of Act
Schedule 1—Extended safety‑net Health Insurance Act 1973
Health Legislation Amendment (Medicare) Act 2004
No. 16, 2004
An Act to amend the law relating to medicare, and for related purposes
[Assented to 18 March 2004]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Health Legislation Amendment (Medicare) Act 2004.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
3 Schedule(s)
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
4 Review of the operation of Act
(1) The Minister must initiate, by the third anniversary of the day on which this Act commences, a review of the operation, effectiveness and implications of this Act.
(2) In selecting a person to conduct the review required by this section, the Minister must seek and select a person from nominations received from independent academic institutions.
(3) The Minister must cause to be tabled in both Houses of the Parliament a copy of the report of the review within 15 sitting days of receiving the report.
Schedule 1—Extended safety‑net
Health Insurance Act 1973
1 Subsection 8(1A) Insert:
concessional person: a person is a concessional person in relation to a year at all times after the first time in that year that the person is a concessional beneficiary for the purposes of Part VII of the National Health Act 1953 (which deals with pharmaceutical benefits).
2 Subsection 8(1A) Insert:
concessional safety‑net amount means $300.
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