Health and NDIS legislation
Health, NDIS and medicines legislation
A focused index for Australian National Health instruments, Medicare law, NDIS rules, therapeutic goods, aged care and disability measures already in Zoe.
Priority instruments
Common health and NDIS lookups
- CTHIn ForceActNo. 135 of 1992
Disability Discrimination Act 1992
The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 makes it unlawful to treat someone less favourably because of their disability. It protects people with disabilities (including past, future, or imputed disabilities,...
599 case citations
- CTHIn ForceActNo. 42 of 1974
Health Insurance Act 1973
What is the Health Insurance Act 1973? This is the foundational law that created and governs Medicare — Australia's universal health insurance scheme. It affects virtually every person who lives in Australia...
255 case citations
- CTHIn ForceActNo. 95 of 1953
National Health Act 1953
National Health Act 1953 — What It Does and Why It Matters The Big Picture This is one of Australia's most important and wide-ranging health laws. Originally passed in 1953, it has been amended many times...
226 case citations
- CTHIn ForceActNo. 21 of 1990
Therapeutic Goods Act 1989
Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 — What It Does and Why It Matters The Big Picture This is Australia's master law for regulating medicines, medical devices, and related products (collectively called "therapeutic...
199 case citations
- CTHIn ForceActNo. 20 of 2013
National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013
What is this law? The National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 is the law that created Australia's NDIS — the government program that funds support for Australians living with significant, permanent...
79 case citations
- CTHIn ForceLegislative Instrument
National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations 2017
This legislation sets out the detailed rules for how the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) operates in Australia. It covers: Who it affects: Patients who receive subsidised medicines through the PBS...
2 case citations
- CTHIn ForceActNo. 76 of 2013
Aged Care (Living Longer Living Better) Act 2013
Aged Care (Living Longer Living Better) Act 2013 — What Does It Do? This law is a major overhaul of Australia's aged care system. It doesn't create a completely new system from scratch — instead, it makes...
1 case citation
- CTHIn ForceLegislative Instrument
National Health (Additional Community Supply Support Payment) Determination 2024
What this instrument does This Determination defines which community pharmacy supplies qualify for an "Additional Community Supply Support" (ACSS) payment and sets the dollar amount of that payment. It is...
- CTHIn ForceLegislative Instrument
National Health (Eligible Midwives) Determination 2022
This instrument updates who counts as an 'eligible midwife' under the National Health Act 1953. An eligible midwife can provide services that attract Medicare benefits and prescribe certain medicines under...
- CTHIn ForceLegislative Instrument
Social Security (Requirements and Guidelines for Disability Support Pension Active Participation) Determination 2026
Overview This determination sets out the requirements and guidelines for active participation in a program of support for the purposes of the Disability Support Pension under the Social Security Act 1991. It...
Current instruments
National Health, NDIS and therapeutic goods material
- CTHIn ForceActNo. 225 of 1992
National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992
The National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992 (Cth) establishes the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Australia's peak body for health...
8 case citations
- CTHIn ForceActNo. 174 of 2007
National Health Security Act 2007
National Health Security Act 2007 — What It Does and Who It Affects The Big Picture This law creates Australia's national framework for protecting public health from...
2 case citations
- CTHIn ForceLegislative Instrument
Direction to the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority on the performance of its functions under section 226 of the National Health Reform Act 2011 - No 1/2020
This is a formal instruction from the federal government to the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) — the body that sets prices for public hospital services....
- CTHIn ForceLegislative Instrument
Direction to the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority on the performance of its functions under section 226 of the National Health Reform Act 2011 - No. 1/2014
What this is: A formal instruction from the Minister for Health (Peter Dutton) to the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) — the body that sets prices for...
- CTHIn ForceLegislative Instrument
Direction to the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority on the performance of its functions under section 226 of the National Health Reform Act 2011 - No. 1/2016
This is a formal instruction from the federal Health Minister to the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) — the body that sets prices for public hospital...
- CTHIn ForceLegislative Instrument
Direction to the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority on the performance of its functions under section 226 of the National Health Reform Act 2011 - No. 1/2017
This is a formal instruction from the federal Health Minister to the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) — the body that sets prices for public hospital...
- CTHIn ForceLegislative Instrument
Direction to the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority on the performance of its functions under section 226 of the National Health Reform Act 2011 - No. 2/2016
What this does: This is a ministerial direction telling the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) — the body that sets prices for public hospital services — to...
- CTHIn ForceLegislative Instrument
Federal Financial Relations (National Health Reform Payments for 2017-18) Determination 2019
This is a determination (a type of legal instrument made by a Minister) that sets out exactly how much federal money the Australian Government will give to each state...
- CTHIn ForceLegislative Instrument
Federal Financial Relations (National Health Reform Payments for 2018-19) Determination 2020
This is a determination (a type of legal instrument made by a Minister) that sets out exactly how much Commonwealth money the Federal Government will give to each...
- CTHIn ForceLegislative Instrument
Federal Financial Relations (National Health Reform Payments for 2019-20) Determination 2021
This is a determination (a type of legal instrument made by a Minister) that sets out exactly how much federal money the Commonwealth Government will give to each...
- CTHIn ForceLegislative Instrument
Federal Financial Relations (National Health Reform Payments for 2020-21) Determination 2022
This is a money distribution notice from the federal government to the states and territories for hospital and health funding. What it does: Authorises $26.66 billion...
- CTHIn ForceLegislative Instrument
Federal Financial Relations (National Health Reform Payments for 2021-22) Determination 2022
This is a straightforward piece of legislation that sets out exactly how much money the Australian Government will give to each state and territory for public hospitals...
- CTHIn ForceLegislative Instrument
Federal Financial Relations (National Health Reform Payments for 2022-23) Determination 2023
This is a straightforward piece of legislation that sets out exactly how much federal money each Australian state and territory will receive for health services in the...
- CTHIn ForceLegislative Instrument
Federal Financial Relations (National Health Reform Payments for 2023-24) Determination 2024
This is a straightforward piece of legislation that sets out exactly how much money the Australian Government will give to each state and territory for public hospitals...
- CTHIn ForceLegislative Instrument
Federal Financial Relations (National Health Reform Payments for 2024-25) Determination 2025
This is a straightforward piece of legislation that sets out exactly how much federal money each Australian state and territory will receive for healthcare in the...
- CTHIn ForceLegislative Instrument
Federal Financial Relations (National Health Reform Payments) Determination 2014-15
This is a 2016 legal instrument made by the Treasurer (Scott Morrison) that authorises specific federal payments to Australian states and territories for public...
- CTHIn ForceLegislative Instrument
Federal Financial Relations (National Health Reform Payments) Determination 2015-16
What this Determination does, simply This is a Treasurer-made instrument that sets the dollar amounts the Commonwealth will pay to each State under the National Health...
- CTHIn ForceLegislative Instrument
Federal Financial Relations (National Health Reform Payments) Determination 2016-17
What this legislation does This Determination is a formal instrument that authorises the Commonwealth Government to pay approximately $18.95 billion to Australia's...
- ACTIn ForceActNo. 2 of 2013
Health (National Health Funding Pool and Administration) Act 2013
This ACT law sets up the machinery for how the ACT receives and spends Commonwealth money for public hospitals under the National Health Reform Agreement. What it does:...
- CTHIn ForceLegislative Instrument
Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—National Health (Immunisation Program—Designated Vaccines) Determination) Certificate 2024
This is a short legal instrument that extends the life of a vaccination program rule by two years. What it does: The certificate delays the automatic expiry (called...
- CTHIn ForceLegislative Instrument
National Health (Application Fees for Pharmacist Approvals) Determination 2020
This legislation sets out the fees that pharmacists must pay when applying for approval to supply pharmaceutical benefits under Australia's subsidised medicines scheme...
- CTHIn ForceLegislative Instrument
National Health (Australian Community Pharmacy Authority Rules) Determination 2018 (PB 46 of 2018)
This legislation sets the rules for how the Australian Community Pharmacy Authority decides whether to approve new pharmacies or allow existing ones to move. It applies...
- CTHIn ForceLegislative Instrument
National Health (Botulinum Toxin Program) Special Arrangement 2025
This instrument is a special arrangement under the National Health Act 1953 that ensures subsidised botulinum toxin medicines (Botox, Dysport, Xeomin) are available...
- CTHIn ForceLegislative Instrument
National Health (Chairperson of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Remuneration Tribunal) Appointment 2024
What this is: A formal appointment notice naming Judith Wright as the new Chairperson of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Remuneration Tribunal. Who it affects: Judith...
- CTHIn ForceLegislative Instrument
National Health (Chemotherapy Prescribing) Special Arrangement 2020
What this instrument does, who it affects, and how it works This Special Arrangement changes how certain Pharmaceutical Benefits are prescribed and supplied to hospital...
- CTHIn ForceLegislative Instrument
National Health (Closing the Gap—PBS Co-payment Program) Special Arrangement 2026
What this instrument does, in plain terms Establishes a special arrangement called the National Health (Closing the Gap—PBS Co‑payment Program) Special Arrangement 2026...