Exemptions
67N Exemptions
A person is exempt from the requirement to pay an ambulance fee if—
a fee is not payable for ambulance services provided to the person under section 17 of the Health Insurance Levies Act 1982, or
the person is the holder of a concession card of a kind prescribed by the regulations, or
the person is otherwise exempt from payment under the regulations or the payment rules.
Note.
Under section 17 of the Health Insurance Levies Act 1982, a fee is not payable if the person was, at the time the service was provided—
a contributor to a health benefits fund conducted by an organisation to which section 10 of that Act applies, or
a contributor to the State Ambulance Insurance Plan.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed by the regulations
, the regulations
). Made under this Act:
- Health Services (St Joseph’s Hospital) Order 2023 · Regulation
- Health Services (Transfer of Assets, Rights and Liabilities) Order 2010 · Regulation
- Health Services (Transfer of Assets, Rights and Liabilities) Order 2022 · Regulation
1 more instrument made under this Act are listed on the Act’s overview.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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