No. 71, 2017
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 2
3............ Simplified outline of this Act.............................................................. 2
4............ Definitions.......................................................................................... 3
5............ Medicare Guarantee Fund................................................................... 4
6............ Medicare Guarantee Fund (Treasury) Special Account....................... 4
7............ Credits to the Medicare Guarantee Fund (Treasury) Special Account. 4
8............ Credit to the Medicare Guarantee Fund (Treasury) Special Account--budget year beginning on 1 July 2017 5
9............ Credits to the Medicare Guarantee Fund (Treasury) Special Account--later budget years 5
10.......... Credits to the Medicare Guarantee Fund (Treasury) Special Account--avoiding funding shortfalls 6
11.......... Purpose of the Medicare Guarantee Fund (Treasury) Special Account 7
12.......... Medicare Guarantee Fund (Health) Special Account.......................... 7
13.......... Purposes of the Medicare Guarantee Fund (Health) Special Account. 8
14.......... Transfer of amounts to the Medicare Guarantee Fund (Health) Special Account 8
15.......... Surplus amounts in the Medicare Guarantee Fund (Health) Special Account--transfer to general CRF 8
16.......... Delegation by the Treasurer................................................................ 9
17.......... Delegation by the Health Minister..................................................... 10
18.......... Appropriation.................................................................................... 10
No. 71, 2017
An Act to establish the Medicare Guarantee Fund, and for related purposes
[Assented to 26 June 2017]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
[Minister's second reading speech made in--
House of Representatives on 1 June 2017
Senate on 19 June 2017]
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