PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE INCENTIVES ACT 1997

***** Repealed 1 July 2000 *****

PART 2 - THE INCENTIVES SCHEME

Division 5 - What effect does the scheme have on insurance premiums?

SECTION 5-2   PARTICIPANT IN THE INCENTIVES SCHEME  

5-2(1)  [Registration]  

A person is a participant in the incentives scheme for a financial year in respect of a private health insurance policy if:

(a)  the person is registered under Division 4 in respect of the policy for the year; or

(b)  the person has applied to be registered in respect of the policy for the year and the registration has not been refused.

5-2(2)  [Payment of premiums]  

For the purposes of this Act, a person is taken, in respect of a payment of premium during July in a financial year, to be a participant in the incentives scheme if:

(a)  the person has not, at the time the payment is made, applied to be registered in respect of the private health insurance policy in question; and

(b)  on 30 June in the previous financial year, the person was registered under Division 4 in respect of the policy for that year.