AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

HEALTH COMMISSION (CHARGES) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)

No. 2 of 1983

The Minister for Health has made regulations under the Health Commission Ordinance 1975 which amend the Health Commission (Charges) Regulations.

Charges prescribed for nursing-home accommodation in nursing homes conducted by the Commission and nursing-home type accommodation in hospitals conducted by the Commission have been increased in line with increases in the Department of Social Security pension rates.