Health Laboratory Service (Fees) Regulations

Western Australia

Health Act 1911

1.Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Health Laboratory Service (Fees) Regulations 1.

2.Interpretation

In these regulations “the Health Laboratory Service” means the Health Laboratory Service maintained pursuant to Part VIIIB of the Health Act 1911 (as amended).

3.Fees

Subject to regulation 4 the fee to be paid for any pathology service rendered by the Health Laboratory Service shall be the amount of the fee specified in respect of that service in relation to this State in the table of pathology services set out in Schedule 1A of the Health Insurance Act 1973 of the Commonwealth, as amended by the Community Services and Health Legislation Amendment Act 1989 (No. 95 of 1989) and varied by the Health Insurance (Variation of Pathology Services Table) Regulations (No. 198 of 1989) as amended by the Health Insurance (Variation of Pathology Services Table) Regulations (Amendment) (No. 84 of 1990).

[Regulation 3 inserted in Gazette 9 Feb 1990 p. 828; amended in Gazette 20 Jul 1990 p. 3467.]

4.Commissioner may determine that fees be varied

(1)The Commissioner may, with the approval of the Minister, —

(a)determine that in respect of a service rendered by the Health Laboratory Service of a class specified in the determination the fee determined pursuant to regulation 3 shall not apply; or

(b)determine that in respect of a service rendered by the Health Laboratory Service of a class specified in the determination the amount of the fee determined pursuant to regulation 3 shall be reduced by such proportion as is specified in the determination.

(2)A determination made under subregulation (1) may be revoked or amended by a subsequent determination so made.

(3)The Commissioner shall give notice in writing of any determination made by him under subregulation (1) to the officer in charge of the Health Laboratory Service and that officer shall give effect to the determination according to its tenor.

Notes

1This is a compilation of the Health Laboratory Service (Fees) Regulations and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table.

Compilation table

Citation	Gazettal	Commencement
Health Laboratory Service (Fees) Regulations	21 Dec 1979 p. 3919	21 Dec 1979
Health Laboratory Service (Fees) Amendment Regulations 1981	28 Aug 1981 p. 3556	1 Sep 1981 (see r. 2)
Health Laboratory Service (Fees) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1981	27 Nov 1981 p. 4820	27 Nov 1981
Health Laboratory Service (Fees) Amendment Regulations 1982	12 Nov 1982 p. 4453	12 Nov 1982
Health Laboratory Service (Fees) Amendment Regulations 1984	30 Mar 1984 p. 804	30 Mar 1984
Health Laboratory Service (Fees) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1984	27 Jul 1984 p. 2214	27 Jul 1984
Health Laboratory Service (Fees) Amendment Regulations 1987	6 Feb 1987 p. 322	6 Feb 1987
Health Laboratory Service (Fees) Amendment Regulations 1990	9 Feb 1990 p. 828	9 Feb 1990
Health Laboratory Service (Fees) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1990	20 Jul 1990 p. 3467	20 Jul 1990