Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00840:section:42:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00840
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 42 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 60667–61503

services or medical goods or services; and
 (b) to the extent that it applies to people of a particular age, is reasonably based on evidence of effectiveness, and on cost (if cost has been taken into account in relation to the program, scheme or arrangement).
The evidence of effectiveness mentioned in paragraph (b) is evidence that is reasonably available from time to time about matters (such as safety, risks, benefits and health needs) that:
 (c) affect people of the age mentioned in that paragraph (if no comparable evidence is reasonably available from time to time in relation to people of a different age); or
 (d) affect people of the age mentioned in that paragraph in a different way to people of a different age (in all other cases).
medicare card has the meaning given by subsection 84(1) of the National Health Act 1953.