Legislation (Private Health Insurance Instruments) Sunset-altering Declaration 2021 (Cth)

Legislation (Private Health Insurance Instruments) Sunset‑altering Declaration 2021

I, Michaelia Cash, Attorney‑General, make the following declaration.

Dated 28 September 2021

Michaelia Cash

Attorney‑General

Contents

1............ Name............................................................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement............................................................................................................. 1

3............ Authority....................................................................................................................... 1

4............ Aligning of sunsetting................................................................................................... 1

5............ Repeal of this instrument............................................................................................... 1

1  Name

This instrument is the Legislation (Private Health Insurance Instruments) Sunset‑altering Declaration 2021.

2  Commencement

(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.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1.  The whole of this instrument	The day after this instrument is registered.	1 October 2021

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.

3  Authority

This instrument is made under subsection 51A(1) of the Legislation Act 2003.

4  Aligning of sunsetting

The following instruments are repealed by section 51A of the Legislation Act 2003 on 1 April 2027:

(a)  Private Health Insurance (Accreditation) Rules 2011;

(b)  Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Rules 2011;

(c)  Private Health Insurance (Incentives) Rules 2012 (No. 2);

(d)  Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Rules 2015;

(e)  Private Health Insurance (Lifetime Health Cover) Rules 2017;

(f)  Private Health Insurance (Health Insurance Business) Rules 2018.

5  Repeal of this instrument

This instrument is repealed at the start of 2 April 2027.