Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:

(a) by inserting the following definition before the definition of Commonwealth Act :

admitted patient means an admitted patient as defined in the National Health Data Dictionary;

(b) by omitting "or a day hospital facility within the meaning of the National Health Act 1953 of the Commonwealth" from the definition of health service establishment ;

(c) by inserting the following definition after the definition of health service establishment :

hospital services – see section 3A ;

(d) by inserting the following definitions after the definition of Medicare principles :

National Health Data Dictionary means the document published, whether in paper or electronic format, by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare established under the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Act 1987 of the Commonwealth, as a reference of standardised accepted terms and protocols for data collection in the health sector, as amended or substituted from time to time;

non-admitted patient means a person in receipt of non-admitted patient services;

non-admitted patient services means non-admitted patient services as defined in the National Health Data Dictionary;