Definitions and Interpretation Schedule




8 JUNE 2011 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 79 1867

(b) hearing aid funding, has the meaning set out in clause BC2:

(c) funding for hearing aid repairs, has the meaning set out in clause BD1:

(d) the reimbursement for costs associated with an eligible person’s replacement hearing aid that are partially met by insurance, has the meaning set out in clause BC2

EMS Review Panel means the Ministry of Health’s Equipment and Modification Services Review Panel

full-time study means pre-school education, compulsory education (primary, secondary, correspondence school, and home schooling), tertiary level education, and vocational training

GST means good and services tax payable under the Goods and Services Tax Act 1985

Guide to Getting Hearing Aids—

(a) means the Guide to Getting Hearing Aids issued by the Ministry of Health (as amended from time to time); and

(b) includes any document issued in substitution for the Guide to Getting Hearing Aids

health information means the following information or classes of information about an identifiable and living natural person:

(a) information about the health of that person, including his or her medical history:

(b) information about any disabilities that person has, or has had:

(c) information about any health services or disability services that are being provided, or have been provided, to that person:

(d) information provided by that person in connection with that donation, by that person, of any body part or any bodily substance of that person or derived from the testing or examination of any body part, or any bodily substance of that person:

(e) information about that person that is collected before or in the course of, and incidental to, the provision of any health service or disability service to that person

Health Information Privacy Code 1994 means the code relating to privacy of health information issued under section 46 of the Privacy Act 1993

hearing aid—

(a) means a personal electronic amplification device that is used wholly or principally by a person to alleviate the impact of their hearing loss; and



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