Private Health Insurance (Medical Devices and Human Tissue Products) Rules (No. 2) 2023
24Waiver of cost‑recovery fees
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24 Waiver of cost‑recovery fees
(1) For the purposes of paragraph 72‑15(2)(e) of the Act, this section specifies the circumstances in which the Minister may waive a cost‑recovery fee. Related medical devices (2) The Minister may waive a clinical assessment fee or economic assessment fee (the relevant fee) payable by a person in relation to a listing application or variation application (the relevant application) that relates to a medical device if: (a) the person has also made one or more other listing applications or variation applications (the other applications) that relate to medical devices; and (b) each of the medical devices to which the relevant application and the other applications relate are related medical devices; and (c) in the case of a clinical assessment fee—the Minister is satisfied that: (i) the related medical devices can be considered as part of a single clinical assessment or as part of one or more abridged clinical assessments; and (ii) a clinical assessment fee in relation to at least one of the other applications has not been waived under this subsection; and (d) in the case of an economic assessment fee—the Minister is satisfied that: (i) the related medical devices can be considered as part of a single economic assessment or as part of one or more abridged economic assessments; and (ii) an economic assessment fee in relation to at least one of the other applications has not been waived under this subsection; and (e) the person makes a request, at the same time the relevant application is made, for waiver of the relevant fee; and (f) the waiver request includes reasons why paragraph (c) or (d) (as the case may be) is expected to apply in relation to the relevant application.
Note 1: The relevant application, and the other applications, referred to in subsection (2) may not be the only listing applications and variation applications that have been made by the person.
Note 2: For when medical devices are related, see section 5.
Note 3: Notice must be given of a decision to refuse to agree to a request under this subsection for a waiver (see subsection 26(1)). Such a decision made by a delegate of the Minister is reviewable (see section 27).