Health ref. no.790
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:
(i) are a lawful non-citizen residing in Australia; and
(ii) are holders of a valid Removal Pending Bridging Visa (subclass 070) issued under the Migration Act 1958,
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 in Australia, be treated as being an eligible person for the purposes of the Act, according to the dates specified in the current Schedule.
(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