Hearing Services Program (Voucher) Instrument 2019
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Note 1: The asterisked terms are defined in the definitions section in the Act.
Note 2: business day means a day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a public holiday in the place concerned – see section 2B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901..
(1) In this instrument:
accreditation* means accreditation under the accreditation scheme.
accreditation scheme* means the scheme in force under section 15 of the Act.
Note: Part 4 of this instrument sets out the accreditation scheme for entities that are eligible to become an accredited service provider under subsection 15(1) of the Act.
accredited service provider* means an entity accredited under the accreditation scheme.
Act means the Hearing Services Administration Act 1997.
AHS* means Australian Hearing Services.
approved hearing device means a hearing device that is on the fully subsidised device schedule or partially subsidised device schedule published on the program website or that is otherwise approved by the Minister, in accordance with section 44.
approved membership category means a category of membership of a practitioner professional body that is listed on the program website.
available hearing services means the hearing services set out in Division 6.2 in Part 6 of this instrument.
contracted service provider* means an accredited service provider engaged under section 20 of the Act.
de facto partner of a person has the meaning given by section 2D of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
eligible person* has the meaning given by section 5 of the Act.
Note: Part 2 of this instrument sets out additional eligible persons for the purposes of subsection 5(3) of the Act.
entity* means:
(a) an individual; or
(b) a body corporate; or
(c) a partnership; or
(d) an authority of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or
(e) a Department of the Government of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.
hearing device means goods, together with any attachment necessary for the operation of the goods (such as an earmould), for purposes in connection with: