67NExemptions

67N Exemptions

67N Exemptions

A person is exempt from the requirement to pay an ambulance fee if—

(a) a fee is not payable for ambulance services provided to the person under section 17 of the Health Insurance Levies Act 1982, or

(b) the person is the holder of a concession card of a kind prescribed by the regulations, or

(c) the person is otherwise exempt from payment under the regulations or the payment rules.

Note.

Under section 17 of the Health Insurance Levies Act 1982, a fee is not payable if the person was, at the time the service was provided—

(a) a contributor to a health benefits fund conducted by an organisation to which section 10 of that Act applies, or

(b) a contributor to the State Ambulance Insurance Plan.

s 67N: Ins 2014 No 60, Sch 1 [4].