1Name#
This instrument is the Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation) Amendment Instrument 2026.
2Commencement#
(1)Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
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| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
| Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 1. The whole of this instrument | 1 October 2026. | 1 October 2026 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2)Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
4 Schedules#
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1 · Amendments
Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation) Instrument 2020#
1 Section 5
Repeal the section.
2 Subsection 6(1) (paragraph (b) of the definition of Medical Imaging Accreditation Program)
Omit “Version 11-2019 RANZCR standards as at 30 June 2019”, substitute “Version 12-2025 RANZCR standards as at 7 November 2025”.
3 Subsection 6(1) (definition of previous instrument)
Repeal the definition.
4 Subsection 7(2)
Repeal the subsection.
5 Paragraph 9(1)(b)
Omit “previous instrument”, substitute “Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation) Instrument 2010”.
6 Subsection 17(1)
After “the day specified in the decision”, insert “(which must be on or after the day on which the decision is made)”.
7 Paragraph 17(2)(d)
After “procedures”, insert “(other than a decision made on the ground that there is a potential danger to public health or safety if the accreditation is not varied)”.
8 Paragraph 17(2)(e)
After “part”, insert “(other than a decision made on the ground that there is a potential danger to public health or safety if the accreditation is not suspended)”.
9 Section 19
Repeal the section (not including the heading), substitute:
Application for accreditation made under section 11 before 1 October 2026
The amendments made by the Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation) Amendment Instrument 2026 to the definition of Medical Imaging Accreditation Program in subsection 6(1) of this instrument do not apply in relation to an application for accreditation made before 1 October 2026 but not decided before 1 October 2026.
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