{"id":"F2021L01351","name":"Human Services (Medicare) (Designated Program Act) Specification 2021","slug":"human-services-medicare-designated-program-act-specification-2021","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441013,"registerId":"F2021L01351-fast-fetch-1775956446256","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Human Services (Medicare) (Designated Program Act) Specification 2021","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-keywords: \"[SEC=OFFICIAL:Sensitive]\"\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nHuman Services (Medicare) (Designated Program Act) Specification 2021\n\nI, Anne Ruston, Minister for Families and Social Services, make the following specification.\n\nDated 24 September 2021    \n\nAnne Ruston\n\nMinister for Families and Social Services\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\n5  Schedules\n\n6  Designated program Act\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nHuman Services (Medicare) (Designated Program Act) Specification 2011 (No. 1)\n\nHuman Services (Medicare) (Designated Program Act) Specification 2011 (No. 2)\n\n \n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Human Services (Medicare) (Designated Program Act) Specification 2021.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n1.       Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument. The day after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n1.       Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under paragraph (o) of the definition ‘designated program Act’ in subsection 43A(3) of the Act.\n\n4  Definitions\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973.\n\n5  Schedules\n\n  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.\n\n6  Designated program Act\n\n  For the purposes of paragraph (o) of the definition of ‘designated program Act’ in subsection 43A(3) of the Act, the following Acts are specified:\n\n1.       the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998; and\n2.       the Taxation Administration Act 1953.\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nHuman Services (Medicare) (Designated Program Act) Specification 2011 (No. 1)\n\n1  The whole of the instrument\n\nRepeal the instrument\n\n \n\nHuman Services (Medicare) (Designated Program Act) Specification 2011 (No. 2)\n\n2  The whole of the instrument\n\nRepeal the instrument\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument performs exactly the function intended by its enabling provision (paragraph (o) of the definition in subsection 43A(3) of the Act). It specifies which Acts are designated program Acts—a straightforward administrative updating task. The repeal of the 2011 instruments is standard housekeeping to avoid overlapping or conflicting instruments."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (approximately 1 page of substantive content)","Only 4 defined terms, with 3 being standard machinery provisions (Act, instrument naming, commencement)","No nested conditional logic or exceptions","Simple list structure in section 6 (just two Acts named)","Straightforward repeal schedule with no complex transitional arrangements","Single cross-reference to parent Act (Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973, subsection 43A(3))","No operative provisions affecting rights or obligations of individuals directly"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument updates the list of \"designated program Acts\" under the Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973 by adding the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998 and the Taxation Administration Act 1953, and repealing two earlier 2011 instruments. It lets Services Australia use Medicare’s administrative powers and systems to assist with prudential and tax administration tasks, mainly affecting government agencies and enabling streamlined, shared use of existing infrastructure."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This specification replaces the 2011 instruments and formally lists the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998 and the Taxation Administration Act 1953 as designated program Acts (clause 6 and Schedule 1). It updates the instrument corpus but does not broaden or add regulatory obligations beyond the existing designated-program mechanism in the Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument — six clauses plus a Schedule (low volume of content).","Primary operative provision is a simple designation of two Acts (clause 6).","Repeals two predecessor instruments without substantive transitional rules (Schedule 1).","Commencement is automatic (the day after registration) and contains no phased implementation (clause 2).","Made under an existing definitional power in the Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973 (clause 3) — no new discretionary powers or regulatory regimes introduced.","Definitions limited to referencing the parent Act; no novel technical definitions added (clause 4)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument names the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998 and the Taxation Administration Act 1953 as \"designated program Acts\" for the purposes of the Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973, and repeals two earlier 2011 specification instruments. Mechanically, it changes which Commonwealth Acts Medicare law can treat under the designated-program classification; it creates no new taxes or duties on the public and imposes no direct compliance obligations on businesses or individuals."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/human-services-medicare-designated-program-act-specification-2021","history":"/api/acts/human-services-medicare-designated-program-act-specification-2021/history","analysis":"/api/acts/human-services-medicare-designated-program-act-specification-2021/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/human-services-medicare-designated-program-act-specification-2021/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/human-services-medicare-designated-program-act-specification-2021/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/human-services-medicare-designated-program-act-specification-2021/documents"}}