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Health Services Act 1997
67TChange of payment arrangements
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#### 67T Change of payment arrangements
67T Change of payment arrangements
> > (1) The Health Secretary may, in accordance with the payment rules, change the payment arrangements for an ambulance fee charged to a person by—
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> > > (a) reducing the amount payable, or
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> > > (b) extending the time to pay, or
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> > > (c) permitting the fee to be paid by instalments or reducing instalments.
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> > (2) The Health Secretary changes the payment arrangements for an ambulance fee by serving notice in writing of the change on the person who has been charged the fee.
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> > (3) Any fee invoice or debt notice served on the person before notice of the change is taken to be amended in accordance with the changed payment arrangements.
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> > (4) If the Health Secretary permits payment of an ambulance fee by instalment and an instalment of the ambulance fee is not paid by a due date for payment of an instalment, the remaining instalments immediately become payable.
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> > (5) The Health Secretary must not change payment arrangements for an ambulance fee after the matter has been referred to the Chief Commissioner for the making of a debt recovery order, unless the referral is revoked.
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> > Note.
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> > The Chief Commissioner must withdraw a debt recovery order made in relation to an ambulance fee if the referral is revoked.
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> **s 67T:** Ins 2014 No 60, Sch 1 \[4\]. Am 2018 No 11, Sch 3.6 \[5\] \[6\].