Regulatory Reform Omnibus Act 2025 (73 of 2025)

Schedule 2   Amendments to improve or maintain access to government services

Part 5   Authorising appropriate information sharing to improve the integrity of medicare

Health Insurance Act 1973

113   Subsection 130(25) (definition of officer)

Repeal the definition, substitute:

officer means any of the following:

(a) a person performing duties or functions, or exercising powers, under or in relation to this Act or a medicare program;

(b) any other person employed or engaged by the Commonwealth to provide services to the Commonwealth in connection with a relevant Department or Services Australia;

(c) any other person employed or engaged (however described) by a person described in paragraph (b) to provide services in connection with the services mentioned in that paragraph.