Private Health Insurance (Council Administration Levy) Regulations 2004

Private Health Insurance (Council Administration Levy) Regulations 2004

Statutory Rules 2004 No. 189 as amended

made under the

Private Health Insurance (Council Administration Levy) Act 2003

This compilation was prepared on 1 July 2005
taking into account amendments up to SLI 2005 No. 114

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra

Contents

 1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]

 2 Commencement 

 3 Definitions 

 4 Council administration levy day 

 5 Rate of Council administration levy 

 6 Census day 

Notes  

1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]

  These Regulations are the Private Health Insurance (Council Administration Levy) Regulations 2004.

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on 1 July 2004.

3 Definitions

  In these Regulations:

Act means the Private Health Insurance (Council Administration Levy) Act 2003.

quarter means the period of 3 months ending on the last day of March, June, September or December.

4 Council administration levy day

  For paragraph 6 (1) (a) of the Act, the 28th day of the second month of each quarter in a financial year is specified as a Council Administration levy day for that financial year.

5 Rate of Council administration levy

 (1) For item 1 of the table in subsection 7 (1) of the Act, and subject to paragraph 7 (2) (c) of the Act, the rate of Council administration levy imposed on a registered health benefits organization on a Council administration levy day is as set out in this regulation.

 (2) The rate of levy in respect of each contributor who contributes in respect of 1 person to the health benefits fund conducted by the organization on the census day for the levy day is the rate in cents, calculated using the formula:

where:

single contributors is the total number of contributors who contribute in respect of 1 person to all health benefits funds conducted by all registered health benefits organizations on the census day for the levy day.

family contributors is the total number of contributors who contribute in respect of more than 1 person to all health benefits funds conducted by all registered health benefits organizations on the census day for the levy day.

 (3) The rate of levy in respect of each contributor who contributes in respect of more than 1 person to the health benefits fund conducted by the organization on the census day for the levy day is the rate in cents, calculated using the formula:

where single contributors and family contributors have the meaning given by subregulation (2).

Note   Paragraph 7 (2) (c) of the Act provides that the rate of levy must not exceed for a financial year  — $2 for a contributor who contributes in respect of 1 person and $4 for a contributor who contributes in respect of more than 1 person.

6 Census day

  For subparagraph 7 (2) (a) (i) of the Act, the 28th day of the first month of a quarter is specified as the census day for the Council administration levy day that occurs in that quarter.

Notes to the Private Health Insurance (Council Administration Levy) Regulations 2004

Note 1

The Private Health Insurance (Council Administration Levy) Regulations 2004 (in force under the Private Health Insurance (Council Administration Levy) Act 2003) as shown in this compilation comprise Statutory Rules 2004 No. 189 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, which came into force on 1 January 2005, it is a requirement for all non-exempt legislative instruments to be registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.  From 1 January 2005 the Statutory Rules series ceased to exist and was replaced with Select Legislative Instruments (SLI series). Numbering conventions remain the same, ie Year and Number.

Table of Instruments

Table of Amendments