Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973

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Distinguished Terms in this instrument

Term(s)	Definition	Defined in Legislation	See Section(s)
Australia	, when used in a geographical sense, includes Norfolk Island, the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands and the Territory of Christmas Island.	Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973
authorised officer	, in relation to a provision of this Act, means the Chief Executive Officer or an employee who is appointed by the Chief Executive Officer under section 8M to be an for the purposes of that provision.	Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973	Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973 - 3 Definitions Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973 - 8M Authorised officers
benefit	includes: (a) a pension, allowance, concession or payment; and (b) a card entitling its holder to a concession or a payment of any kind.	Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973	Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973 - 3 Definitions
Chief Executive Centrelink	means the referred to in section 7.	Human Services (Centrelink) Act 1997	Human Services (Centrelink) Act 1997 - 3 Definitions Human Services (Centrelink) Act 1997 - 7 Chief Executive Centrelink
Chief Executive Medicare	means the referred to in section 4.	Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973	Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973 - 3 Definitions Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973 - 4 Chief Executive Medicare
Chief Executive Officer	means the appointed under section 8AG.	Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973
Commonwealth authority	means: (a) a Department of State; or (b) a body, other than Medicare Australia, established for a public purpose by or under a law of the Commonwealth.	Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973
Commonwealth service	means a service, benefit, program or facility for some or all members of the public that is provided for by the Commonwealth, whether under a law of the Commonwealth or otherwise.	Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973
constable	means a member or special member of the Australian Federal Police or a member of the police force or police service of a State or Territory.	Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973	Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973 - 3 Definitions
data	includes: (a) information in any form; and (b) any program (or part of a program).	Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973	Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973 - 3 Definitions
data held in a computer	includes: (a) data held in any removable data storage device for the time being held in a computer; or (b) data held in a data storage device on a computer network of which the computer forms a part.	Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973	Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973 - 3 Definitions
data storage device	means a thing containing, or designed to contain, data for use by a computer.	Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973	Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973 - 3 Definitions
dental benefit	means payable under Part 3.	Dental Benefits Act 2008	Dental Benefits Act 2008 - 4 Definitions
dental service	means a clinically relevant service specified in an item, being a service rendered by or on behalf of a dental provider.	Dental Benefits Act 2008	Dental Benefits Act 2008 - 4 Definitions
employee	means a member of the staff of Medicare Australia referred to in subsection 20(1).	Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973
evidential material	means a thing relevant to a relevant offence or relevant civil contravention, including such a thing in an electronic form.	Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973	Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973 - 3 Definitions
function	includes power.	Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973	Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973 - 3 Definitions
indemnity scheme payment	means: (a) an IBNR indemnity; or (b) a high cost claim indemnity; or (c) an exceptional claims indemnity; or (d) a run‐off cover indemnity.	Medical Indemnity Act 2002	Medical Indemnity Act 2002 - 4 Definitions
medicare benefit	means a under Part II.	Health Insurance Act 1973	Health Insurance Act 1973 - 3 Interpretation Health Insurance Act 1973 - 3 Interpretation
medicare functions	, in relation to the Chief Executive Officer, has the meaning given by section 6.	Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973	Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973 - 3 Definitions Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973 - 6 Chief Executive Medicare’s medicare functions