Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00146:section:5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00146
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 5
Character Range: 4461–6860

5  Definitions
 (1) In this Act:
joint replacement device means a medical device (within the meaning of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007) that:
 (a) is listed in the Private Health Insurance (Medical Devices and Human Tissue Products) Rules; and
 (b) is used in joint replacement.
national joint replacement register levy means the national joint replacement register levy imposed under section 6.
national joint replacement register levy day means a national joint replacement register levy day specified in the Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Rules made for the purposes of section 6.
Private Health Insurance (Medical Devices and Human Tissue Products) Rules has the same meaning as in the Private Health Insurance Act 2007.
Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Rules means the Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Rules made under section 8.
register means the register known as the Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry.
sponsor has the meaning given by subsection (2).
supplementary national joint replacement register levy day means a supplementary national joint replacement register levy day specified in a determination by the Minister under section 8A.
 (2) A person is a sponsor for a joint replacement device if:
 (a) the joint replacement device is currently listed in the Private Health Insurance (Medical Devices and Human Tissue Products) Rules as a result of an application made by the person under subsection 72‑10(2) of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007; or
 (b) if the joint replacement device is currently listed in the Private Health Insurance (Medical Devices and Human Tissue Products) Rules in accordance with section 12 of the Private Health Insurance (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2007—the person was, immediately before the commencement of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007, the sponsor of that device for the purposes of the National Health Act 1953.
 (3) The Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Rules may provide that one or more classes of medical devices (within the meaning of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007) are taken, or are taken not, to be joint replacement devices for the purposes of the definition of joint replacement device in subsection (1).