Commonwealth legislation

Health Insurance (Medicare Compliance Shared Debt) Instrument 2019

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This instrument fixes the “prescribed percentage” used in paragraph 129ACA(9)(c) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 at 35%, commencing 1 July 2019. It doesn’t change who is covered by the Act but requires any party or agency applying that paragraph to use 35% in calculations, reallocating financial burdens and requiring operational updates to billing or reconciliation systems.

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Health Insurance (Medicare Compliance Shared Debt) Instrument 2019

I, GREG HUNT, Minister for Health, make the following legislative instrument.

Dated 26 March 2019

Greg Hunt

Minister for Health

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Definition

5 Percentage

1 Name

This instrument is the Health Insurance (Medicare Compliance Shared Debt) Instrument 2019.

2 Commencement

This instrument commences on 1 July 2019.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under paragraph 129ACA(9)(c) of the Health Insurance Act 1973.

4 Definition

In this instrument:

Act means the Health Insurance Act 1973.

5 Percentage

For the purposes of paragraph 129ACA(9)(c) of the Act, the prescribed percentage is 35%.

Source text

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?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>

Health Insurance (Medicare Compliance Shared Debt) Instrument 2019

I, GREG HUNT, Minister for Health, make the following legislative instrument.

Dated 26 March 2019

Greg Hunt

Minister for Health

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Definition

5 Percentage

1 Name

This instrument is the Health Insurance (Medicare Compliance Shared Debt) Instrument 2019.

2 Commencement

This instrument commences on 1 July 2019.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under paragraph 129ACA(9)(c) of the Health Insurance Act 1973.

4 Definition

In this instrument:

Act means the Health Insurance Act 1973.

5 Percentage

For the purposes of paragraph 129ACA(9)(c) of the Act, the prescribed percentage is 35%.

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