5Definitions

5 Definitions

(1) In this Act:

Australian resident has the same meaning as in section 5G of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.

Australian surgical‑medical team member means a person who worked in Vietnam (Southern Zone) as a member of an Australian surgical‑medical team under the Commonwealth Government’s Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation aid programme at any time during the period beginning on 1 October 1964 and ending on 31 December 1972.

Commission means the Repatriation Commission continued in existence by section 179 of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.

dishonestly has the meaning given by subsection (2).

eligible person means a person who, under section 7, is eligible to be provided with treatment under this Act.

hospital or other institution includes the following:

(a) an approved residential care home (within the meaning of the Aged Care Act 2024);
(b) a medical centre;
(c) an out‑patient clinic;
(d) a rehabilitation establishment.

medical service provider means a person:

(a) who is a pathology practitioner; or
(b) who is a proprietor of premises at which pathology services are rendered; or
(c) who is a proprietor of a hospital or other institution that is not operated by the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or
(d) who is acting on behalf of a proprietor of such a hospital or other institution.

pathology practitioner means a person in respect of whom there is in force an undertaking given by the person, and accepted by the Minister administering the Health Insurance Act 1973, under section 23DC of that Act.

pathology service has the meaning given by subsection 3(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973.

pharmaceutical benefits means drugs, medicinal preparations and other pharmaceutical items (including aids to treatment and dressings) for the treatment of sicknesses or injuries suffered by human beings.

proprietor means:

(a) in relation to premises—the person, authority or body of persons having effective control of the premises (whether or not that person, authority or body is the holder of an estate or interest in the premises); or
(b) in relation to a hospital or other institution—the proprietor (within the meaning of paragraph (a)) of the premises occupied by the hospital or other institution.