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54  Application and transitional provisions

(1) The amendments made by Part 2 of this Schedule apply in relation to:
 (a) any complaint in relation to a registered organization:
 (i) that is made to the Health Insurance Ombudsman under section 82ZS of the National Health Act 1953 on or after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent; or
 (ii) that is made to the Health Insurance Ombudsman under that section before that day but that is not acted on before that day; or
 (b) any investigation of the practices and procedures of a registered organization that is commenced by the Health Insurance Ombudsman on his or her own initiative under section 82ZT of that Act on or after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent; or
 (c) any investigation of the practices and procedures of a registered organization:
 (i) that is the subject of a request by the Minister made under section 82ZTA of that Act on or after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent; or
 (ii) that is the subject of such a request made before that day but that has not been acted on before that day.

(2) The provisions of the National Health Act 1953 continue to apply in relation to:
 (a) any complaint made to the Health Insurance Ombudsman under section 82ZS of the National Health Act 1953 that is not covered by paragraph (1)(a); or
 (b) any investigation of the practices and procedures of a registered organization commenced by the Health Insurance Ombudsman on his or her own initiative under section 82ZT of that Act that is not covered by paragraph (1)(b); or
 (c) any investigation of the practices and procedures of a registered organization commenced by the Health Insurance Ombudsman at the request of the Minister under section 82ZTA of that Act that is not covered by paragraph (1)(c);
as if the amendments made by Part 2 of this Schedule had not been made.

Part 3—Amendments relating to annual State of the Health Funds Report

National Health Act 1953