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of the Principal Act is amended by

omitting "GENERAL MANAGER" and substituting "MANAGING DIRECTOR".

Managing Director

19. Section 20 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section is substituted:

"20.(1) There is to be a Managing Director of the Health Insurance Commission.

"(2) The Managing Director is the Commission's executive officer and must, subject to any direction of the Commission, manage the Commission's affairs.".

Appointment of Managing Director

20. Section 21 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting "General Manager" (wherever occurring) and substituting "Managing Director".

Remuneration and allowances of Managing Director

21. Section 22 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting "General Manager" (wherever occurring) and substituting "Managing Director".

Acting Managing Director

22. Section 25 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting "General Manager" (wherever occurring) and substituting "Managing Director".

Amendments to change the title of the General Manager of the Health Insurance Commission to Managing Director

23. The Principal Act is further amended as set out in Part 2 of the Schedule.

Transitional

24. The person who, immediately before the commencement of this section, held office as the General Manager of the Commission holds office as the Managing Director of the Commission after that commencement as if his or her last appointment as the General Manager had been an appointment as the Managing Director on the same terms and conditions and for the same period of appointment.

PART 5—AMENDMENTS OF THE HEALTH LEGISLATION (PHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS) AMENDMENT ACT 1991

Principal Act

25. In this Part, "Principal Act" means the Health Legislation (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Amendment Act 19914.

Commencement

26. Section 2 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (6).

Interpretation

27. Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraph (a).

Limited charges for pharmaceutical benefits

28. Section 10 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsections (2) and (3).

Repeal of sections 11 and 12

  29. Sections 11 and 12 of the Principal Act are repealed.

Unauthorised payments etc.

30. Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraphs (c) and (i).

PART 6—AMENDMENTS OF THE HEARING SERVICES ACT 1991

Principal Act

31. In this Part, "Principal Act" means the Hearing Services Act 19915.

Interpretation

32. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in subsection (1) the following definition:

"Australian permanent resident" means a person in Australia whose presence in Australia is not subject to any limitation as to time imposed by law;".

Eligible persons

  33. Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended:

    (a)     by omitting from subsection (1) "For" and substituting "Subject to subsection (1A), for";

    (b)    by omitting from paragraph (l)(a) "that" (first occurring) and substituting "who";

    (c)     by omitting from