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Health Services Act 1997
67ZCActions to be taken after review
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#### 67ZC Actions to be taken after review
67ZC Actions to be taken after review
> > (1) After conducting a fee review, the Health Secretary may—
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> > > (a) revoke the decision to charge the ambulance fee, or
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> > > (b) waive payment of the ambulance fee, or
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> > > (c) confirm the decision to charge the ambulance fee with or without changing the payment arrangements for the fee.
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> > (2) The Health Secretary must, after conducting a fee review, revoke the decision to charge an ambulance fee—
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> > > (a) if the person charged the fee is exempt from payment of the ambulance fee under this Act, the regulations or the payment rules, or
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> > > (b) if the issue of the fee invoice or debt notice involved a mistake of identity, or
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> > > (c) if the amount of the fee charged is incorrect, or
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> > > (d) in any circumstances prescribed by the regulations.
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> > (3) The Health Secretary must, after conducting a fee review, change the payment arrangements for the ambulance fee if that action is required by this Act or the payment rules.
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> > (4) The payment rules may also make provision for circumstances in which the Health Secretary may, at his or her discretion, revoke a decision to charge an ambulance fee, waive payment of an ambulance fee or change the payment arrangements for an ambulance fee.
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> > (5) If the Health Secretary revokes a decision to charge a person with an ambulance fee, or waives payment of an ambulance fee, the Health Secretary must—
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> > > (a) withdraw the fee invoice and any debt notice issued for the fee, and
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> > > (b) if the matter has already been referred to the Chief Commissioner for the making of a debt recovery order, revoke the referral.
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> > (6) If a decision is revoked because of a mistake of identity, the Health Secretary may issue a new fee invoice for the fee to a person who is liable for payment of the fee.
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> > (7) If a decision is revoked because the amount of the fee charged was incorrect, the Health Secretary may issue a new fee invoice for the correct amount.
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> > (8) The regulations may provide for other circumstances in which a new fee invoice can be issued.
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> **s 67ZC:** Ins 2014 No 60, Sch 1 \[4\]. Am 2018 No 11, Sch 3.6 \[14\].