Health ref. no.788
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 specified class of persons and holds one of the following visas under the Migration Regulations:
(ii) a current 2-year temporary visa, subclass 173; or
(iii) a 2-year temporary visa subclass 173, at the time of application for a permanent visa subclass 143 and the temporary visa subclass 173 subsequently expires and is replaced by another temporary visa before the granting of the permanent visa subclass 143; or
(iv) a current 2-year temporary visa, subclass 884; or
(v) a 2-year temporary visa subclass 884, at the time of application for a permanent visa subclass 864, and the temporary visa subclass 884 subsequently expires and is replaced by another temporary visa before the granting of the permanent visa subclass 864,
being a person who but for this Order, would not be an eligible person for the purposes of the Act shall, during any period in which the person is lawfully present in Australia, be treated as being an eligible person for the purposes of 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