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that review to be undertaken.

(4) If, before the commencement of the amendments made by items 1 to 7 of this Schedule:
 (a) a person or body has made application under section 20AD of the Health Insurance Act 1973 for review by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal of a decision of the Council in relation to an approval of that person or body as a billing agent or the revocation of such an approval; but
 (b) the Administrative Appeals Tribunal has not yet completed its review of that decision;
section 20AD of that Act as in force immediately before the commencement of those amendments is taken to continue in force so as to facilitate the completion by the Tribunal of that review.

(5) Any approval of a person or body as a billing agent made by the Council:
 (a) before the date of commencement of the amendments made by items 1 to 7 of this Schedule; or
 (b) on or after that date by virtue of the operation of subitem (1), (3) or (4);
is to be taken, for the purposes of the operation of the Health Insurance Act 1973 as in force on and after that approval, to be an approval of that person or body as such billing agent by the Commission under section 20AB of that Act as amended by this Act.

(6) Any revocation of the approval of a person as a billing agent that is made by the Council:
 (a) before the date of commencement of the amendments made by items 1 to 7 of this Schedule; or
 (b) on or after that date by virtue of the operation of subitem (2), (3) or (4);
is to be taken, for the purposes of the operation of the Health Insurance Act 1973 as in force on and after that revocation, to be a revocation of the approval of that person or body as a billing agent by the Commission under section 20AC of that Act as amended by this Act.

(7) In this item:
Commission means the Health Insurance Commission established under the Health Insurance Commission Act 1973.
Council means the Private Health Insurance Administration Council established by section 82B of the National Health Act 1953.

[Minister's second reading speech made in—
Senate on 21 March 2002
House of Representatives on 19 September 2002]

(89/02)