EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Health and Ageing
Private Health Insurance Act 2007
Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Amendment Rules 2009 (No.3)
Section 333-20 of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007 (the Act) provides that the Minister may make Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Rules providing for matters required or permitted by Chapter 3 of the Act to be provided; or necessary or convenient to be provided in order to carry out or give effect to the Act.
The Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Amendment Rules 2009 (No. 3) (the Amending Rules) commence on the day following their registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments. The Amending Rules amend the Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Rules 2009 (No.1) (the Rules), which commenced on 1 July 2009, replacing Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Rules 2008 (No 2) (the previous rules).
Part 3 of Schedule 4 was inadvertently omitted from the Rules due to a drafting error. The amendment corrects the error. Part 3 is identical to Part 3 of Schedule 4 contained in the previous rules.
Consultation
The Department of Health and Ageing consulted the Office of Best Practice Regulation. The Office of Best Practice Regulation has advised that a Regulation Impact Statement is not required. As this instrument simply corrects a minor drafting error, there has been no other consultation.
PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE BRANCH
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND AGEING
JULY 2009
ATTACHMENT
DETAILS OF THE PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE (COMPLYING PRODUCT) AMENDMENT RULES 2009 (No.3)
1. Name of Rules
Rule 1 provides that the title of the Amending Rules is the Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Amendment Rules 2009 (No.3).
2. Commencement
Rule 2 provides that the Amending Rules are to commence on the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments (FRLI).
3. Amendments
Rule 3 provides that the Schedule to the Amending Rules amends the Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Rules 2009 (No.1) (the Rules).
Schedule 1 – Amendments
[1] Schedule 4 – Standard information statements: permitted content
This schedule provides for the permitted content for all statements as set out in Part 3 of the Rules.
This Schedule has been amended to insert Part 3 – general treatment into Schedule 4 of the Rules.