Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2008A00068:clause:2_64c
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2008A00068
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 64C
Character Range: 9921–12397

64C  Charges for the provision of prescribed health measures in relation to travellers

Travellers not seeking temporary residence or permanent residence

 (1) If a traveller is not seeking temporary residence or permanent residence in Australia, no person (other than the Commonwealth) is liable, under any law of the Commonwealth, to pay for the provision of a prescribed health measure in relation to the traveller.

Note 1: If the traveller entered Australia as a member of the crew of a vessel, subsection (1) does not preclude the seeking of reimbursement from the master, owner, or agent, of the vessel for expenses incurred in providing the prescribed health measure (see subsection (3)).

Note 2: Subsection (1) does not preclude the seeking of reimbursement from an applicable insurance source for expenses incurred in providing the prescribed health measure (see subsection (3)).

Travellers seeking temporary residence or permanent residence

 (2) If a traveller is seeking temporary residence or permanent residence in Australia, no person (other than the Commonwealth) is liable, under any law of the Commonwealth, to pay for the provision of a prescribed health measure in relation to the traveller if the liability does not conform to a tariff in force under section 64D in relation to the prescribed health measure.

Note 1: If the traveller entered Australia as a member of the crew of a vessel, subsection (2) does not preclude the seeking of reimbursement from the master, owner, or agent, of the vessel for expenses incurred in providing the prescribed health measure (see subsection (3)).

Note 2: Subsection (2) does not preclude the seeking of reimbursement from an applicable insurance source for expenses incurred in providing the prescribed health measure (see subsection (3)).

Reimbursement of expenses from masters, owners, agents and applicable insurance sources

 (3) Despite subsections (1) and (2), a person is not precluded from seeking reimbursement for expenses incurred in providing a prescribed health measure in relation to a traveller:
 (a) if the traveller entered Australia as a member of the crew of a vessel—from the master, owner, or agent, of the vessel; or
 (b) in any case—from an applicable insurance source.

Definitions

 (4) In this section:

applicable insurance source has the same meaning as in Article 40 of the International Health Regulations.

member of the crew of a vessel includes the master of the vessel.