5Definitions

5 Definitions

(1) In this Act:

joint replacement device means a medical device (within the meaning of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007) that:

(a) is listed in the Private Health Insurance (Medical Devices and Human Tissue Products) Rules; and
(b) is used in joint replacement.

national joint replacement register levy means the national joint replacement register levy imposed under section 6.

national joint replacement register levy day means a national joint replacement register levy day specified in the Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Rules made for the purposes of section 6.

Private Health Insurance (Medical Devices and Human Tissue Products) Rules means the Private Health Insurance (Medical Devices and Human Tissue Products) Rules made for the purposes of item 4 of the table in subsection 333‑20(1) of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007.

Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Rules means the Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Rules made under section 8.

register means the register known as the Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry.

supplementary national joint replacement register levy day means a supplementary national joint replacement register levy day specified in a determination by the Minister under section 8A.

(3) The Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Rules may provide that one or more classes of medical devices (within the meaning of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007) are taken, or are taken not, to be joint replacement devices for the purposes of the definition of joint replacement device in subsection (1).