Australian Capital Territory
Medical Services (Fees) Act 1984 (repealed)    
A1984-7
Republication No 3
Effective:  8 July 2005
Republication date: 8 July 2005
As repealed by A2005-28 s 4

Unauthorised version prepared by ACT Parliamentary Counsel’s Office

About this republication
The republished law
This is a republication of the Medical Services (Fees) Act 1984 (repealed) (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)).  It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting the republished law to 8 July 2005.  
The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4. 
Kinds of republications
The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):
•	authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies
•	unauthorised republications.
The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.
Editorial changes
The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.  Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117).  The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.  
This republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).
Uncommenced provisions and amendments
If a provision of the republished law has not commenced or is affected by an uncommenced amendment, the symbol  U  appears immediately before the provision heading.  The text of the uncommenced provision or amendment appears only in the last endnote.
Modifications
If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol  M  appears immediately before the provision heading.  The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes.  For the legal status of modifications, see Legislation Act 2001, section 95.
Penalties
The value of a penalty unit for an offence against this republished law at the republication date is—
	(a)	if the person charged is an individual—$100; or
	(b)	if the person charged is a corporation—$500.

Australian Capital Territory
Medical Services (Fees) Act 1984 (repealed)

Contents
	Page
	1	Name of Act	2
	2	Definitions for Act	2
	3	Fees for certain medical services	3
Endnotes
	1	About the endnotes	4
	2	Abbreviation key	4
	3	Legislation history	5
	4	Amendment history	5
	5	Earlier republications	6

Australian Capital Territory
Medical Services (Fees) Act 1984 (repealed)

An Act to regulate fees that may be charged in relation to certain medical services

    

1	Name of Act
This Act is the Medical Services (Fees) Act 1984.
2	Definitions for Act
In this Act:
Note	A definition applies except so far as the contrary intention appears (see Legislation Act 2001, s 155).
hospital means—
	(a)	the premises known as the Royal Canberra Hospital; and
	(b)	the premises known as the Woden Valley Hospital, other than ward 10A; and
	(c)	the premises known as Calvary Hospital.
medical practitioner means a person registered as a medical practitioner under the Medical Practitioners Act 1930.
prescribed fee, in relation to a prescribed medical service, means the fee specified in relation to that service in relation to New South Wales in an item in the table.
prescribed medical service means a medical service specified in an item in the table, being an item the number of which is referred to in the Health Insurance Regulations 1975 (Cwlth), schedule 5 made under the Health Insurance Act 1973 (Cwlth).
private patient—see the Health Commission (Charges) Regulations.
table means the table of medical services set out in the Health Insurance (Variation of Fees and Medical Services) (No 31) Regulations (Cwlth), schedule made under the Health Insurance Act 1973 (Cwlth).
3	Fees for certain medical services
	(1)	If a medical practitioner renders a prescribed medical service to a person who is a private patient in a hospital, the medical practitioner is not entitled to receive for that service any amount that exceeds the amount of the prescribed fee in relation to that service.
	(2)	If a medical practitioner receives for a prescribed medical service rendered by the medical practitioner to a person who is a private patient in a hospital an amount that exceeds the amount of the prescribed fee in relation to that service, the amount by which the amount so received exceeds that prescribed fee is a debt due to that person.

Endnotes
1	About the endnotes
Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history.  Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes.
Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history.  Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
Uncommenced amending laws and expiries are listed in the legislation history and the amendment history.  These details are underlined.  Uncommenced provisions and amendments are not included in the republished law but are set out in the last endnote.
If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.  
The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.
2	Abbreviation key

am = amended	ord = ordinance	
amdt = amendment	orig = original	
ch = chapter	par = paragraph/subparagraph	
def = definition	pres = present	
dict = dictionary	prev = previous	
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative 	(prev...) = previously	
Assembly	pt = part	
div = division	r = rule/subrule	
exp = expires/expired	renum = renumbered	
Gaz = gazette	reloc = relocated	
hdg = heading	R[X] = Republication No	
IA = Interpretation Act 1967	RI = reissue	
ins = inserted/added	s = section/subsection	
LA = Legislation Act 2001	sch = schedule	
LR = legislation register	sdiv = subdivision	
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996	sub = substituted	
mod = modified/modification	SL = Subordinate Law	
o = order	underlining = whole or part not commenced	
om = omitted/repealed	or to be expired	

3	Legislation history
This Act was originally a Commonwealth ordinance—the Medical Services (Fees) Ordinance No 7 (Cwlth).
The Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 (Cwlth), s 34 (4) converted most former Commonwealth ordinances in force in the ACT into ACT enactments. This allowed the ACT Legislative Assembly to amend and repeal the laws. This Act was converted into an ACT enactment on 11 May 1989 (self-government day).
As with most ordinances in force in the ACT, the name was changed from Ordinance to Act by the Self-Government (Citation of Laws) Act 1989 No 21, s 5 on 11 May 1989 (self-government day).
Before 11 May 1989, ordinances commenced on their notification day unless otherwise stated (see Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910 (Cwlth), s 12).
	Legislation before becoming Territory enactment
Medical Services (Fees) Act 1984 No 7
notified 23 March 1984
commenced 23 March 1984
	Legislation after becoming Territory enactment
as repealed by
Health Legislation Amendment Act 2005 A2005-28 s 4
notified LR 6 July 2005
s 1, s 2 commenced 6 July 2005 (LA s 75 (1))
s 4 commenced 7 July 2005 (s 2)
4	Amendment history
Name of Act
s 1 hdg	am R2 LA
s 1	am R2 LA

5	Earlier republications
Some earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to the publication order.  
Since 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in electronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register.  A selection of authorised republications have also been published in printed format. These republications are marked with an asterisk (*) in column 1.  Electronic and printed versions of an authorised republication are identical. 

Republication No	Amendments to	Republication date	
1	not amended	31 July 1991	
2	not amended	17 July 2002	

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