4Definitions

4 Definitions

(1) In this instrument:

Act means the Health Insurance Act 1973.

bulk‑billed has the meaning given by the Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Regulations (No. 2) 2020.

computed tomography or CT has the meaning given by the Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Regulations (No. 2) 2020.

pack-years means the number of cigarettes a person smoked per day multiplied by the number of years the person has smoked.

relevant provisions means all provisions, of the Act and regulations made under the Act, and the National Health Act 1953 and regulations made under the National Health Act 1953, relating to medical services, professional services or items.

relevant service means a health service, as defined in subsection 3C(8) of the Act, that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument.

remote location has the meaning given by the Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Regulations (No. 2) 2020.

smoke or smoking means the action of inhaling and exhaling cigarette tobacco and includes packaged cigarettes and roll-your-own cigarettes (rollies). It does not include other forms of tobacco or nicotine smoking or consumption, such as vaping.

(2) Unless the contrary intention appears, a reference in this instrument to a provision of the Act or the National Health Act 1953 or regulations made under the Act or under the National Health Act 1953 as applied, adopted or incorporated in relation to specifying a matter is a reference to those provisions as in force from time to time and any other reference to provisions of an Act or regulations is a reference to those provisions as in force from time to time.

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:

 clinically relevant service;
 diagnostic imaging services table;
 item;
 professional service.