Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Amendment Rules 2008 (No. 3) (Cth)

Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Amendment Rules 2008 (No. 3)

I, NICOLA ROXON, Minister for Health and Ageing, make these Rules under item 3 of the table in section 333-20 of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007.

Dated

27 November 2008

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Nicola Roxon

Minister for Health and Ageing

Contents

Contents

Part 1	Preliminary	3
1.	Name of Rules	3
2.	Commencement	3
3.	Amendment of the Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Rules 2008 (No. 2)	3
Schedule – Amendments			4

Part 1 - Preliminary

Part 1Preliminary

1.Name of Rules

These Rules are the Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Amendment Rules 2008 (No. 3).

2.Commencement

These Rules commence on the day after the Rules are registered.

3.Amendment of the Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Rules 2008 (No. 2)

The Schedule amends the Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Rules 2008 (No. 2).

Schedule – Amendments

Schedule – Amendments

[1]Part 2, Paragraph 5(1)(c)

Delete paragraph 5(1)(c), substitute:

(c) for policies that before 31 December 2009 cover a dependent child non-student (non-student) which have as conditions of the policy that the non-student is not covered for general treatment, other than hospital-substitute treatment, and must have his or her own policy with the same insurer covering general treatment (other than hospital-substitute treatment), the insured groups are:

(i) 2 or more people, only one of whom is an adult;

(ii) 3 or more people, only 2 of whom are adults.

[2]Part 2, Subrule 5(2), Definition of “dependent child non-student”

Delete paragraph (a) of the definition of dependent child non-student in subrule 5(2), substitute:

(a) is aged between 18 and 24 (inclusive) and was born before 1992; and

[3]Part 2, Subrule 5(2), Definition of “non-student policy”

Delete the definition of non-student policy in subrule 5(2), substitute:

non-student policy is a health insurance policy that:

(a) is issued before 31 December 2009; and

(b) before 31 December 2009,covers one or more dependent child non-student; and

(c) for which the premium for the policy, not taking account of any amounts referred to in paragraph 66-5 (1) (c) of the Act, is:

(i) less than the amount worked out under paragraph 3 (a); and

(ii) more than the amount worked out under paragraph 3 (b).

Note

1. 1.

   All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.See These Rules amend the Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Rules 2008 (No.2)