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 2011 (No. 6)
Authority
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, or necessary or convenient in order to carry out or give effect to the Act.
The Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Amendment Rules 2011 (No. 6) (the Amendment Rules) amend the Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Rules 2010 (No.2) (the Rules) which commenced on 14 January 2011.
Purpose
The purpose of the Amendment Rules is to correct a minor drafting error in the Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Amendment Rules (No.5) which inserted heading ‘Part 3 Pilot Projects’ rather than correctly inserting ‘Part 4 Pilot Projects’.
Details
The Schedule to the Amendment Rules deletes the heading Part 3 Pilot Projects and substitutes the heading Part 4 Pilot Projects. Further details are provided in the Attachment to this explanatory statement.
Consultation
No consultation was required in the preparation of the Amendment. This is a minor correction to a drafting error made in Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Amendment Rules (No. 5).
The Amendment Rules commence the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
The Amendment Rules are a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.
Authority: Section 333-20 of the Private
Health Insurance Act 2007
PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE BRANCH
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND AGEING
OCTOBER 2011
ATTACHMENT
DETAILS OF THE PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE (COMPLYING PRODUCT) AMENDMENT RULES 2011 (No. 6)
- Name of Rules
Rule 1 provides that the title of the Rules is the Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Amendment Rules 2011 (No.6) (the Amendment Rules).
2. Commencement
Rule 2 provides that the Amendment Rules are to commence the day after registration.
3. Amendment of Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Rules 2010 (No.2)
Rule 3 provides that the Schedule to the Amendment Rules amends the Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Rules 2010 (No.2), which commenced on 14 January 2011.
Schedule – Amendments
Item 1
After rule 16 in the Rules, delete the heading Part 3 Pilot Projects and substitute Part 4 Pilot Projects.
PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE BRANCH
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND AGEING
OCTOBER 2011