(1) If, immediately before the commencement of the new Act, a prosthesis was:
(a) a no gap prosthesis; or
(b) a gap permitted prosthesis;
for the purposes of the National Health Act 1953 , the Minister may list the prosthesis in Private Health Insurance (Prostheses) Rules made for the purposes of item 4 of the table in subsection 72‑1(2) of the new Act, without an application being made in relation to the prosthesis under subsection 72‑10(2) of the new Act.
(2) If the Minister does so, the person who, immediately before the commencement of the new Act, was the sponsor of the prosthesis for the purposes of the National Health Act 1953 , is taken to be the applicant in relation to the prosthesis for the purposes of paying the ongoing listing fee in relation to the prosthesis in accordance with section 72‑15 of the new Act.