HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1997 - SECT 67Q Debt notice may be issued if fee not paid

HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1997 - SECT 67Q

67Q Debt notice may be issued if fee not paid

(1) If an ambulance fee specified in a fee invoice served on a person is not paid in full by the date that is 7 days after the due date for payment specified in the fee invoice, the Health Secretary may--

(a) issue a notice (a
"debt notice" ) for the outstanding amount, and

(b) serve the debt notice on the person.

(2) The debt notice must--

(a) specify the amount of the ambulance fee that is unpaid and the ambulance services for which the fee is payable (including the date on which the services were provided), and

(b) specify a due date for payment of the ambulance fee, and

(c) include advice to the effect that, if the ambulance fee is not paid in full by the due date--

(i) the Health Secretary can refer the matter to the Chief Commissioner for the taking of debt recovery action under the State Debt Recovery Act 2018 , and

(ii) debt recovery costs may be payable by the person if debt recovery action is taken under that Act, and

(d) include the required information about fee reviews, and

(e) include advice to the effect that the Health Secretary is not required to conduct a fee review if the application for review is received after the date for payment of the ambulance fee specified in the debt notice, and

(f) include any other information that the regulations require to be included in the debt notice.

(3) The date specified in a debt notice as the due date for payment of the ambulance fee has effect as the due date for payment of the ambulance fee instead of the date specified as the due date in the relevant fee invoice.

(4) The regulations may prescribe a form in which a debt notice is to be given.

(5) Information required to be included in a debt notice may be incorporated in the debt notice or accompany the debt notice.

(6) A debt notice under this Act is declared to be a debt notice for the purposes of the State Debt Recovery Act 2018 .