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regulations is a reference to those provisions as in force from time to time.

6. Treatment of relevant services

       For subsection 3C(1) of the Act:

           (a) a relevant service, other than the service described in item 10944, provided in accordance with this instrument and as a clinically relevant service, is to be treated, for the relevant provisions, as if:

                (i) it were both a professional service and a medical service; and
                 (ii) there were an item in the general medical services table that:
                      (A) related to the service; and
                      (B) specified for the service a fee in relation to each State, being the fee specified in the Schedule in relation to the service.

           (b) the relevant service described in item 10944, provided in accordance with this instrument and as a clinically relevant service, is to be treated, for the relevant provisions of the Act other than subsection 3(5), as if:

                (i) it were both a professional service and a medical service; and
                 (ii) there were an item in the general medical services table that:
                      (A) related to the service; and
                      (B) specified for the service a fee in relation to each State, being the fee specified in the Schedule in relation to the service.

7. Application of item 10929

     Item 10929 does not apply to a service if the patient's requirement for contact lenses is only for any of the following reasons:

           (a) because the patient does not want to wear spectacles for reasons of appearance;

           (b) because the patient wants contact lenses for work or sporting purposes;

           (c) because the patient has difficulty in using, or cannot use, spectacles for psychological reasons.

8. Application of items 10931, 10932 and 10933

     If item 10931, 10932 or 10933 applies to a service, the fee mentioned in that item applies in addition to the fee mentioned in another item in Subgroup 1 of Group A10 that applies to the service.

9. Application of items 10940 and 10941

     (1) For this section, the following are perimetry services:

          (a) a service described in item 10940;

          (b) a service described in item 10941.

     (2) For a particular patient, a maximum of two perimetry services apply in a 12 month period.

10. Limitation on item 10943

     Item 10943 does not apply to a service used to assess learning difficulties or learning disabilities.

11. Limitation on items

     (1) Item 10943 may only apply to a service in respect of a particular patient once in a 12 month period.

     (2) Item 10942 may only apply to a service in respect of a particular patient twice in a 12 month period.

     (3) Items 10921 to 10929 may only apply to a service in respect of a particular patient once