Hospital Insurance (Artificial Limbs and Appliances) Amendment Regulations 1998
HOSPITAL INSURANCE (ARTIFICIAL LIMBS AND APPLIANCES)
AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1998

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BR 21/1998

HOSPITAL INSURANCE ACT 1970

1970 : 523

THE HOSPITAL INSURANCE (ARTIFICIAL LIMBS AND
APPLIANCES) AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1998

The Minister in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by
section 40 of the Hospital Insurance Act 1970 makes the following
Regulations:

Citation and commencement
1 These Regulations which amend the Hospital Insurance
(Artificial Limbs and Appliances) Regulations 1971 may be cited as the
Hospital Insurance (Artificial Limbs And Appliances) Amendment
Regulations 1998 and shall come into operation on 1 April 1998.

Amends regulation 3
2 Regulation 3 of the Hospital Insurance (Artificial Limbs and
Appliances) Regulations 1971 is amended by deleting paragraph (2) and
substituting the following—

" (2) The Liability of an insurer in respect of the supply
of an artificial limb, orthopaedic brace or artificial appliance
shall be limited to a maximum of $15,000; however, where the
amount of the maximum liability is not exhausted in the supply
thereof then liability can only be in respect of the maintenance,
repair or renewal of any artificial limb, orthopaedic brace or
artificial appliance and such liability shall be limited to 80% of
the unexhausted portion of the $15,000".

THE HOSPITAL INSURANCE (ARTIFICIAL LIMBS AND
APPLIANCES) AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1998

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