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Health and Other Services (Compensation) Act 1995

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Distinguished Terms in this instrument
Term(s) Definition Defined in Legislation See Section(s)
advance payment

means a payment made under section 33B.

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Health and Other Services (Compensation) Act 1995 - 33B Advance payments
amount of compensation

, in relation to a judgment or settlement, is defined in subsection (2).

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Health and Other Services (Compensation) Act 1995 - 2 Commencement
Australian law

means a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.

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bulk payment agreement

means an agreement of a kind referred to in subsection 34(1).

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Health and Other Services (Compensation) Act 1995 - 34 Bulk payment agreements
Chief Executive Medicare

means the referred to in section 4.

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Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973 - 4 Chief Executive Medicare
claim

means a in writing.

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claimant

, in relation to compensation, means the person seeking compensation either on his or her own behalf or on behalf of another person.

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compensable person

means:

(a) an individual who is entitled to receive or has received a compensation payment in respect of an injury; or

(b) if the individual has died—the individual’s estate.

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compensation

is defined in section 4.

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Health and Other Services (Compensation) Act 1995 - 4 Definition of compensation
compensation authority

means a person appointed, or a body established, by or under Australian law, being a person or body whose functions include determining amounts of compensation payable to persons.

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compensation payer

means:

(a) a person who is liable to make a payment of compensation fixed under a judgment or settlement; or

(b) a person who is liable to make a payment of compensation under a reimbursement arrangement; or

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eligible benefit

means:

(a) a medicare benefit; or

(b) a nursing home benefit; or

(c) a residential care subsidy.

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fixed

, in relation to an order or agreement relating to an amount of compensation, is defined in subsection (4).

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Health and Other Services (Compensation) Act 1995 - 4 Definition of compensation
injury

includes a disease.

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insurer

means a person who is, under a contract of insurance, liable to indemnify a compensation payer, or a person against whom a claim for compensation is made, against liability arising from a claim for compensation, and includes:

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judgment

means an order (by whatever name called) by a court or a compensation authority under which an amount of compensation payable is fixed, but does not include a reimbursement arrangement, a consent or an order in the nature of a consent .

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Health and Other Services (Compensation) Act 1995 - 6 Crown to be bound
law

, in relation to the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory, means a (whether written or unwritten) of the Commonwealth, that State or that Territory, and includes a (whether written or unwritten) in force in the Commonwealth, that State or that Territory or in any part of the Commonwealth, that

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medicare benefit

means a under Part II.

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Health Insurance Act 1973 - 3 Interpretation
notifiable person

, in relation to a claim for compensation, means:

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nursing home patient

means:

(a) an approved nursing home patient within the meaning of the

National Health Act 1953

; or

(b) a Repatriation nursing home patient within the meaning of that Act.

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