Health ref. no.780
AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT
HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1973
ORDER UNDER SUBSECTION 6(1)
I, PETER DUTTON, Minister for Health, pursuant to subsection 6(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 (the Act), hereby DECLARE that:
(a) Every person included in the following class of persons, being a person who but for this Order would not be an eligible person, shall be treated as an eligible person for the purposes of the Act where:
(i) the person resides in Australia;
(ii) the person is, a holder of a valid temporary visa within the meaning of the Migration Act 1958;
(iii) the person has a continuing application for a permanent visa under the Migration Act 1958; and
(iv) another person, being the person’s spouse, parent or child is a New Zealand citizen who meets the definition of “Australian resident” under the Act.
(b) This Order shall have effect from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2017 inclusive.
Dated this 15th day of December 2014.
PETER DUTTON
MINISTER FOR HEALTH