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HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1973 - SECT 7

Agreement for reciprocal treatment of visitors to Australia and other countries

  (1)   The Government of the Commonwealth may enter into an agreement with the Government of another country under which each Government agrees to arrange for visitors to the country of that Government from the country of that other Government to be treated, for the purpose of the provision of medical, hospital and other care, as if they were residents or citizens of the country of that Government.

  (2)   A visitor to Australia to whom an agreement under subsection   (1) relates shall, subject to the agreement, be treated as an eligible person for the purposes of this Act during his or her stay in Australia.


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