Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2014L01348:schedule:1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2014L01348
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Provision Reference: sch 1
Character Range: 5616–7391

Schedule 1

Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

       Section 90(4)

The Treatment Principles (Instrument 2013 No. R52) is varied in accordance with Part A.

Note 1: s.90(4) is the variation section for the purposes of this Schedule.

Note 2: s.90(5) requires the Minister administering the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 to approve a variation made to the Treatment Principles by the Repatriation Commission.

Note 3: the reference to "Part A" in Part A does not form part of the instrument in Part A.

Part A

Variations to the Treatment Principles

1. Paragraph 1.4.1

    insert:

    "private health insurer" has the meaning it has in the Private Health Insurance Act 2007.

2. Paragraph 3.5.3

omit:

The Commission

substitute:

Subject to paragraph 3.5.3A, the Commission

3. Paragraph 3.5.3

after the paragraph, insert:

    3.5.3A  Paragraph 3.5.3(a) does not apply to treatment that is private accommodation provided to an entitled person as a private patient in a hospital where a private health insurer of the person agrees to pay the difference between the cost of shared accommodation for the person at the hospital and the cost of the private accommodation for the person — the RPPPs covers such treatment.

    Note 1: "private patient" is defined in s.90A(8) of the Act.

    Note 2: this provision ensures paragraph 3.5.3(a) does not prohibit the Commission from accepting responsibility for part of the cost of private accommodation in a hospital where a private health insurer pays for the remainder of the cost.

    The Commission's responsibility in this area is regulated by the RPPPs i.e. cost-sharing between the Commission and the entitled person or a private health insurer is worked out under the RPPPs.