AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

CANBERRA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (CHARGES) REGULATIONS

EXPLANATORYMEMORANDUM

No. 15 of 1961

	These Regulations replace the Canberra Community Hospital (Charges) Regulations, which were first made in July 1952, and have since undergone extensive amendments.  The new Regulations simply constitute a consolidation of the existing legislation.  There is only one change in the substance of the Regulations, viz. an increase to £4.0.0 per day in the accommodation charge for in‑patients in either general or intermediate wards whose hospital costs are recoverable under Third Party Insurance or Workers’ Compensation.  The present accommodation charge for such patients in general wards is £3.3.0 per day and in intermediate wards £3.11.0 per day.  As the charges in these cases are normally recovered by the Hospital direct from the insurance company or the employer, the increase in the charges will not be borne by individual patients.

	The Regulations came into effect on 1st January, 1962.