Private Health Insurance (Registration) Amendment Rules 2011 (Cth)

Private Health Insurance (Registration) Amendment Rules 2011

I, ALASTAIR WILSON, delegate of the Minister for Health and Ageing, make these Rules under item 7 of the table in section 333-20 of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007.

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Alastair Wilson

A/g Assistant Secretary

Private Health Insurance Branch

Medical Benefits Division

Department of Health and Ageing

28 October 2011

Contents

PART 1          PRELIMINARY    

1.          Name of Rules   3          

2.          Commencement   3     

3.Amendment of the Private Health Insurance (Registration) Rules

2009 (No.2)   3   

SCHEDULE – AMENDMENTS  4

Part 1        Preliminary

1. Name of Rules

These Rules are the Private Health Insurance (Registration) Amendment Rules 2011.

1. Commencement

These Rules commence on:

(a)     29 November 2011; or

(b)     if registered after 29 November 2011, the day after registration.

1. Amendment of the Private Health Insurance (Registration) Rules 2009 (No.2)

The Schedule amends the Private Health Insurance (Registration) Rules 2009 (No.2).

Schedule – Amendments

[1]     Schedule - restricted access groups for certain insurers, Item 8 of the Table

At item 8 of the Table, in Column 2, delete subitem 8.1 and substitute:

8.1.   Any person who is, or was, a member of:

(a)   Queensland Teachers’ Union of Employees (QTU);

(b)  Queensland Independent Education Union of Employees (QIEU);

(c)   Queensland Public Sector Union (QPSU);

(d)  Australian Services Union Clerical and Administration (ASU);

(e)   Together Queensland Industrial Union of Employees (Together);

(f)   Australian Services Union (Services Branch); or

(g)  Community and Public Sector Union.

Notes

1.       All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See align="left">2.       These Rules amend the Private Health Insurance (Registration) Rules 2009 (No.2), which commenced on 22 July 2009.