Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2005C00239:clause:1_75
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2005C00239
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 75
Character Range: 38634–40954

75  Provision of services by organizations

 (1) If a registered organization provides, or arranges for the provision of, services or treatment of any kind for all or any of its contributors or dependants of those contributors, the Minister may, at the written request of the organization, direct that, to such extent as the Minister directs, the provision of those services or of that treatment is to be treated, for the purposes of this Act, as the payment by the organization of benefits in respect of those services or that treatment.

 (2) A request by a registered organization under subsection (1):
 (a) must be made by sending it to the Secretary; and
 (b) may specify the extent to which the organization desires to treat the provision of the services or treatment to which the request relates in the manner referred to in that subsection.

 (3) The Minister must, as soon as practicable after a request is made by a registered organization under subsection (1), give, or refuse to give, the direction requested by the organization.

 (4) As soon as practicable after the Minister gives a direction under subsection (1) in relation to an organization, the Minister must notify the organization accordingly and forward a copy of the direction to the organization.

 (5) As soon as practicable after the Minister refuses to give a direction that has been requested by an organization, the Minister must notify the organization accordingly.

 (6) If the Minister notifies an organization:
 (a) that the Minister has refused to give a direction requested by the organization; or
 (b) that the Minister has given a direction requested by the organization but has directed that the provision of the services or treatment concerned is to be treated in the manner referred to in subsection (1) otherwise than as specified in the request;
the Minister must give to the organization, with the notification, particulars of the Minister's reasons for so doing.

 (7) This section applies in relation to an organization that has made an application for registration under this Part as if that organization were a registered organization, but any direction of the Minister given under this section with respect to that organization does not take effect unless and until that organization becomes a registered organization.