Definitions

1  (1)  In this Act:

"agreement" means an agreement made under section 5 of the Medicare Protection Act with a corporation representing members of a profession;

"appropriation" means appropriation as defined in the Medicare Protection Act;

"minister" means the minister charged with the administration of the Medicare Protection Act;

"prescribed group" means the group of practitioners prescribed under section 2 (2);

"sub-account" means an account established under section 2 (2) within the Medical and Health Care Services Special Account.

(2)  Subject to subsection (1), the definitions in section 1 of the Financial Administration Act, and in sections 1 and 23 of the Medicare Protection Act, apply to this Act.

 Special account and sub-accounts

2  (1)  The Medical and Health Care Services Special Account is established as a special account.

(2)  The Minister of Finance, on the recommendation of the minister, may establish a sub-account to reduce fluctuations over 2 or more fiscal years in demand for payment from appropriations for a prescribed group of practitioners.

(3)  The minister may specify the name of a sub-account.

 Composition of a sub-account

3  A sub-account consists of

(a) the portion, specified by Treasury Board on the recommendation of the minister for the purposes of the sub-account, of an appropriation,

(b) the unexpended portion, or a prescribed lesser portion, of the available amount at the end of the fiscal year for the prescribed group to which the sub-account applies, and

(c) amounts approved for the purposes of the sub-account by the Lieutenant Governor in Council and recovered under section 37 (1) (d) of the Medicare Protection Act for the prescribed group to which the sub-account applies.

 Expenditures out of a sub-account

4  On the written authorization of the minister, amounts may be paid out of a sub-account

(a) as provided for under the applicable agreement, or

(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply, as prescribed by the regulations for the reduction of fluctuations over 2 or more fiscal years in demand for payment from appropriations.

 Power to make regulations

5  The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations referred to in section 41 of the Interpretation Act.