Health Insurance (Eligible Pathology Laboratories) Determination 2026
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Health Insurance (Eligible Pathology Laboratories) Determination 2026
I, Mark Butler, Minister for Health and Ageing, make the following determination.
Dated 16 March 2026
Mark Butler
Minister for Health and Ageing
Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Schedules
5 Definitions
6 Categories of eligible pathology laboratories........................2
Schedule 1—Repeals 3
Health Insurance (Eligible Pathology Laboratories) Determination 2015 3
1 Name
This instrument is the Health Insurance (Eligible Pathology Laboratories) Determination 2026.
2 Commencement
(1) 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.
- Commencement information
- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
- Provisions Commencement Date/Details
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- The whole of this instrument 1 April 2026. 1 April 2026
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.
(2) 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.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under subsection 23DBA(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973.
- Schedules
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
5 Definitions
In this instrument:
Act means the Health Insurance Act 1973.
Category GX (General) means the category of that name set out in section 17 of in the Health Insurance (Accredited Pathology Laboratories – Approval) Principles 2017, as in force from time to time.
Category GY (General) means the category of that name set out in section 17 of the Health Insurance (Accredited Pathology Laboratories – Approval) Principles 2017, as in force from time to time.
Category S (Specialised) means the category of that name set out in section 17 of the Health Insurance (Accredited Pathology Laboratories – Approval) Principles 2017, as in force from time to time.
Note 1 Unless the contrary intention appears, expressions used in this determination have the same meanings as in the Act—see section 13 of the Legislation Act 2003. The term accredited pathology laboratory is defined in subsection 3(1) of the Act.
6. Categories of eligible pathology laboratories
(1) For the purpose of the definition of eligible pathology laboratory in subsection 23DA(1) of the Act, the following categories are prescribed:
- accredited pathology laboratories allocated Category GX (General) in the approval given under section 23DN of the Act relating to the laboratory;
- accredited pathology laboratories allocated Category GY (General) in the approval given under section 23DN of the Act relating to the laboratory;
- accredited pathology laboratories allocated Category S (Specialised) in the approval given under section 23DN of the Act relating to the laboratory.
Schedule 1—Repeals
Health Insurance (Eligible Pathology Laboratories) Determination 2015
1 The whole of the instrument
Repeal the instrument