Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00156:section:10aca:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00156
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 10ACA (pt 3/4)
Character Range: 98346–100963

deemed service) under this Act (other than a provision of this Act prescribed by the regulations); and
 (b) all of the items in which the original services are specified are items determined under section 10B to be items to which subsection (7A) of this section applies; and
 (c) the current claim is for the deemed service;
then, despite subsections (2) and (7) of this section, the increase under this section in the benefit payable in respect of the claim cannot exceed the sum of the amounts determined under section 10B as the maximum increases for those items.
Note: For when 2 or more services are deemed to constitute one service, see sections 15 and 16.
 (7B) If:
 (a) for the purposes of the pathology services table:
 (i) 2 or more pathology services are treated as a single pathology service; and
 (ii) the fee for the single service is the fee specified in one or more particular items in the table; and
 (b) one or more of those particular items (the limited increase items) are items determined under section 10B to be items to which subsection (7A) of this section applies;
then, for the purposes of that subsection, the single service is taken to be specified in the limited increase item or, if there are 2 or more limited increase items, in the one of those items for which the maximum increase determined under section 10B is the greatest.
Note: Section 4B lets regulations provide for a rule of interpretation of the pathology services table to treat 2 or more pathology services as a single pathology service.
 (8) This section applies only to a benefit that becomes payable after a family becomes registered, even though expenses incurred before the registration in the year the family becomes registered may be taken into account for the purposes of determining whether a safety‑net applies.
 (9) For the purposes of this section (other than paragraph (4)(c)), without affecting the meaning of an expression in any other provision of this Act, if a person to whom benefit is payable in respect of a relevant service is given or sent a cheque under subsection 20(2) or (2A) for the amount of the benefit, the person is taken to have paid so much of the medical expenses in respect of that service as is represented by the amount of the benefit.
 (10) For the purposes of this section, without affecting the meaning of an expression in any other provision of this Act, despite anything else in this Act, the question when medical expenses are incurred in respect of relevant services relating to prescribed items is to be determined under the regulations.
 (11) For the purposes of this section,