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Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973

No. 41, 1974

Compilation No. 49

Compilation date: 1 January 2024

                Includes amendments: Act No. 103, 2023

Registered: 24 January 2024

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 1 January 2024 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

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Contents
Part I—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Definitions
3A Definitions of relevant offence
3B Norfolk Island
Part IIA—Chief Executive Medicare
4 Chief Executive Medicare
4A Acting Chief Executive Medicare
5 Functions of Chief Executive Medicare
6 Chief Executive Medicare's medicare functions
7 Chief Executive Medicare's service delivery functions
7A Agreements about performance of Chief Executive Medicare's functions
8AC Delegation
8AD Commonwealth consent to conferral of functions etc. on Chief Executive Medicare by State and Territory laws
8AE How duty is imposed on Chief Executive Medicare by State and Territory laws
8AF When State and Territory laws impose a duty on Chief Executive Medicare
8B Chief Executive Medicare may be assisted by Departmental employees
Part IID—Investigative powers of Chief Executive Medicare
Division 1—Preliminary
8K Crown to be bound
8L Authorisation to exercise powers under this Part
8M Authorised officers
8N Identity cards
Division 2—General power to obtain information
8P Chief Executive Medicare may obtain information etc.
8Q Content of notices
8R Offences