Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HEALTH AND OTHER SERVICES (COMPENSATION) ACT 1995

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Definitions  
   4.      Definition of compensation  
   5.      Application of this Act to events occurring before the commencement of this Act  
   6.      Crown to be bound  
   7.      Reimbursement of amounts payable for professional services  
   8.      Recovering past payments of medicare benefit from judgments and settlements  
   9.      Reimbursement of amounts payable for nursing home care  
   10.     Recovering past payments of nursing home benefit from judgments and settlements  
   11.     Notice of claim  
   12.     Claims before commencement of this Act  
   13.     Notice of reimbursement arrangements  
   14.     Notice of intention to recover amounts  
   15.     Notice of failure or discontinuance of claim  
   16.     Notice that claim is unlikely to become active again  
   17.     Notice to claimant  
   18.     Statement by claimant of past benefits  
   19.     Reconsideration of decisions about extensions of the period for giving statements  
   20.     Effect of date of hearing on period for giving statement  
   21.     Notice of past benefits  
   22.     Restriction on making settlements  
   23.     Notice of judgment or settlement  
   24.     Notice of charge-claims resulting in judgments or settlements  
   25.     Notice of charge-claims resulting in reimbursement arrangements  
   26.     Offences  
   27.     Limit on total amount payable in respect of amounts of compensation  
   28.     Payments to the Commonwealth  
   29.     Recovery of amounts payable to the Commonwealth  
   30.     Notice of charge suspends liability to pay compensation etc.  
   31.     Payment to the Commonwealth discharges liability  
   32.     Offence to make payment before discharging liability to the Commonwealth  
   33.     Interest not payable on amount withheld  
   34.     Bulk payment agreements  
   35.     Waiver-bulk payment agreements  
   36.     Extended waiver-settlements during periods of bulk payment agreements  
   37.     Limits of waiver-bulk payment agreements  
   38.     Waiver-small amounts of compensation  
   39.     General administration of Act  
   40.     Additional functions of the Commission  
   41.     Delegation  
   42.     Managing Director etc. may obtain information etc.  
   43.     Content of notices  
   44.     Offences  
   45.     Exemption  
   46.     Form of notices etc.  
   47.     Regulations  
            
           (Assented to 14 November 1995)