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persons

  33. Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended:

    (a)     by omitting from subsection (1) "For" and substituting "Subject to subsection (1A), for";

    (b)    by omitting from paragraph (l)(a) "that" (first occurring) and substituting "who";

    (c)     by omitting from paragraph (l)(b) "who is" and substituting "who is a";

  (d)    by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:

     "(1A) For the purposes of this Act, a person (other than a person of a kind referred to in paragraph (l)(h)) is not an

     eligible person if the person is not an Australian citizen or an Australian permanent resident.".

Person not to use protected names or protected symbol

  34. Section 66 of the Principal Act is amended:

    (a)     by omitting from the definition of "protected name" in subsection (5) "either" and substituting "any";

  (b)    by adding at the end of that definition the following paragraph:

      "(c) 'Australian Hearing Services';".

PART 7—AMENDMENTS OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH ACT 1953

Principal Act

35. In this Part, "Principal Act" means the National Health Act 19536.

Interpretation

  36. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended:

    (a)    by omitting from the definition of " 'basic hospital benefits table' or 'basic table' " in subsection (1) "in-patients" (wherever occurring) and substituting "patients";

    (b)    by omitting from paragraph (b) and subparagraph (ba)(i) of that definition "an in-patient" and substituting "a patient";

    (c)     by omitting from paragraph (da) of the definition of " 'basic private table' or 'basic table' " in subsection (1) "person" (twice occurring) and substituting "patient";

  (d)    by omitting from subsection (1) the definition of "in-patient";

    (e)     by omitting from subsection (1) the definition of "patient" and substituting the following definition:

     " 'patient':

        (a)     in relation to a day hospital facility, means a person who attends the day hospital facility for the purpose of permitting the provision of professional attention to the person at the day hospital facility; and

      (b)     in relation to a hospital, does not include:

             (i) a member of the staff of the hospital who is receiving treatment in his or her own quarters; or

             (ii) except as provided by subsection 3(2) of the Health Insurance Act 1973, a newly-born child whose mother also occupies a bed in the hospital;".

Health insurance business to be carried on only by registered organisations

37. Section 67 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition of "hospital treatment" in subsection (4) "an in-patient" and substituting "a patient".

Repeal and saving

  38. Section 83 of the Principal Act is amended:

     (a)     by omitting from paragraph (3)(a) "pharmaceutical chemist" (last occurring) and substituting "pharmacist";

   (b)    by adding at the end the following subsection:

     "(4) The reference in subparagraph (3)(a)(i) to an