Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00653:section:3:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00653
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3 (pt 3/5)
Character Range: 10652–13319

otherwise—the person against whom the claim is made.
nursing home benefit means an amount payable by the Commonwealth by way of benefit under Part VA of the National Health Act 1953, and includes a provisional payment made in accordance with a direction under subsection 59(4) of that Act (other than such a payment in respect of which the Commonwealth has recovered an amount under subsection 59(6) of that Act).
nursing home care has the same meaning as in the National Health Act 1953.
professional service has the same meaning as in the Health Insurance Act 1973.
receive, in relation to a compensation payment, is defined in subsection (3).
reimbursement arrangement means an agreement in writing, an order of a court or compensation authority, or a decision of a person or body, to the effect that the person against whom a claim for compensation is made is liable to pay compensation to reimburse the claimant for expenses as they are incurred by the claimant that:
 (a) are incurred in respect of any service or care rendered or provided in the course of treatment of, or as a result of, the claimant's injury; and
 (b) are expenses in respect of which an eligible benefit is or may become payable (whether or not the eligible benefit is payable to the claimant).
representative organisation, in relation to a claim for compensation, means a body that:
 (a) has as one of its members the person against whom the claim for compensation was made (whether the compensation was claimed directly from that person or from the body); and
 (b) has as its function, or one of its functions, making payments in respect of amounts of compensation that its members are liable to pay (whether those payments are made to compensable persons, to its members or to other persons); and
 (c) had a discretion, at the time the claim for compensation was made, whether to perform the function in respect of that claim by making such a payment (whether or not it subsequently becomes liable, by agreement or otherwise, to make such a payment).
residential care, in relation to a compensable person, has the same meaning as in:
 (a) if the Aged Care Act 1997 applies in relation to the person—that Act; and
 (b) if the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997 applies in relation to the person—that Act.
residential care subsidy has the same meaning as in:
 (a) in relation to residential care under the Aged Care Act 1997—the Aged Care Act 1997; and
 (b) in relation to residential care under the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997—the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997.
Secretary means the Secretary of the Department.
settlement means an agreement under