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(1) This table sets out general categories of health recipients.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:365.75pt; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="4" style="width:355pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading" style="page-break-inside:avoid"><span>Health—General</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:22.2pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Item</span></p></td><td style="width:97.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Fund, authority or institution</span></p></td><td style="width:145.35pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Special conditions—fund, authority or institution</span></p></td><td style="width:57.55pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Special conditions—gift</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:22.2pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1.1.1</span></p></td><td style="width:97.8pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span>a public hospital</span></p></td><td style="width:145.35pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span>the public hospital must be:</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span>(a) an </span><span style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:3pt">*</span><span>Australian government agency; or</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span>(b) a </span><span style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:3pt">*</span><span>registered charity</span></p></td><td style="width:57.55pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span>none</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:22.2pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1.1.2</span></p></td><td style="width:97.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid"><span>a hospital carried on by a society or association</span></p></td><td style="width:145.35pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>the society or association must be a </span><span style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:3pt">*</span><span>registered charity</span></p></td><td style="width:57.55pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid"><span>none</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:22.2pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1.1.3</span></p></td><td style="width:97.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid"><span>a public fund maintained for:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) the purpose of providing money for hospitals covered by item</span><span> </span><span>1.1.1 or 1.1.2; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) the establishment of such hospitals</span></p></td><td style="width:145.35pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) the public fund must have been established before 23</span><span> </span><span>October 1963; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) the public fund must be, or be operated by, an </span><span style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:3pt">*</span><span>Australian government agency or a </span><span style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:3pt">*</span><span>registered charity; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) the hospitals must satisfy the special conditions set out in item</span><span> </span><span>1.1.1 or 1.1.2 (as applicable)</span></p></td><td style="width:57.55pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid"><span>none</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:22.2pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1.1.4</span></p></td><td style="width:97.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>a public authority engaged in research into the causes, prevention or cure of disease in human beings, animals or plants</span></p></td><td style="width:145.35pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>the public authority must be:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) an </span><span style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:3pt">*</span><span>Australian government agency; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) a </span><span style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:3pt">*</span><span>registered charity</span></p></td><td style="width:57.55pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>the gift must be made for such research</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:22.2pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1.1.5</span></p></td><td style="width:97.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>a public institution engaged solely in research into the causes, prevention or cure of disease in human beings, animals or plants</span></p></td><td style="width:145.35pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span>the public institution must be:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) an </span><span style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:3pt">*</span><span>Australian government agency; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) a </span><span style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:3pt">*</span><span>registered charity</span></p></td><td style="width:57.55pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>none</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:22.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1.1.6</span></p></td><td style="width:97.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span>a </span><span style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:3pt">*</span><span>registered health promotion charity</span></p></td><td style="width:145.25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span>none</span></p></td><td style="width:57.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span>none</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:22.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1.1.7</span></p></td><td style="width:97.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>a public ambulance service</span></p></td><td style="width:145.25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span>the public ambulance service must be:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) an </span><span style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:3pt">*</span><span>Australian government agency; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) a </span><span style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:3pt">*</span><span>registered charity</span></p></td><td style="width:57.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>none</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:22.2pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1.1.8</span></p></td><td style="width:97.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>a public fund established and maintained for the purpose of providing money for public ambulance services covered by item</span><span> </span><span>1.1.7</span></p></td><td style="width:145.35pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) the public fund must be, or be operated by, an </span><span style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:3pt">*</span><span>Australian government agency or a </span><span style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:3pt">*</span><span>registered charity; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) the public ambulance services must satisfy the special conditions set out in item</span><span> </span><span>1.1.7</span></p></td><td style="width:57.55pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>none</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:22.2pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1.1.9</span></p></td><td style="width:97.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>a </span><span style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:3pt">*</span><span>community shed</span></p></td><td style="width:145.35pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span>the community shed must be a </span><span style="font-size:8pt; vertical-align:3pt">*</span><span>registered charity</span></p></td><td style="width:57.55pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>none</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>