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7 Rate of national joint replacement register levy

(1) The rate of national joint replacement register levy imposed on a particular day is worked out using the following table:

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:362.55pt; margin-left:0.25pt; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="width:351.75pt; border-top:1.5pt 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-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Rate of national joint replacement register</span><span> </span><span style="font-weight:bold">levy</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Item</span></p></td><td style="width:156.75pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">The rate of levy imposed on a …</span></p></td><td style="width:148.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">is the rate that …</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:156.75pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>national joint replacement register levy day</span></p></td><td style="width:148.5pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) is specified in, or is calculated using the method specified in, the Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Rules; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) applies on that day.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:156.75pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>supplementary national joint replacement register levy day</span></p></td><td style="width:148.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) is specified in, or is calculated using the method specified in, a determination under section</span><span> </span><span>8A; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) applies on that day.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>

(2) The Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Rules, and a determination under section 8A, may: (a) specify different rates of levy, or different methods for calculating the rate of levy, in relation to different classes of joint replacement devices; and (b) specify a rate of levy of zero in relation to one or more classes of joint replacement devices; and (c) specify a rate of levy, or a method for calculating the rate of levy, that takes into account the number of times recordings were made on the register of the provision of a joint replacement device during a particular period. (3) Despite subsection (2), the total amount of levy for a financial year for recordings on the register of the provision of a joint replacement device must not exceed $5,000.