S 23-25 repealed by No 26 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 1 item 13, applicable in relation to premiums, and amounts in respect of premiums, paid on and after 1 July 2012. S 23-25 formerly read:
SECTION 23-25 PRE-1999 PARTICIPANTS MUST KEEP INFORMATION UP TO DATE
23-25(1)
If, before 1 January 1999, a person was registered or eligible to be registered under the
Private Health Insurance Incentives Act 1997
in respect of the policy, a *participant in respect of the policy must notify the private health insurer that issued the policy if there is a change in a detail:
(a)
stated in an application under subsection 23-15(1); or
(b)
relating to the number of people insured under the policy, or to whether any of those people are *dependent children;
that the participant should reasonably expect will affect the *incentive amount for the policy for a financial year. The participant must give the notice no more than 30 days after the change occurs.
23-25(2)
A person commits an offence if:
(a)
the person is required by subsection (1) to give a notice to a private health insurer if a detail mentioned in that subsection changes as mentioned in that subsection; and
(b)
the person fails to comply with the requirement.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
23-25(3)
Subsection 4K(2) of the
Crimes Act 1914
does not apply to the obligation to provide information under subsection (1).
23-25(4)
A private health insurer must notify the Chief Executive Medicare of each notice the insurer receives under subsection (1), in the *approved form and no more than 14 days (or any other period determined by the Chief Executive Medicare) after receiving the notice.
S 23-25 amended by No 32 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 4 item 507, by substituting
"
Chief Executive Medicare
"
for
"
Medicare Australia CEO
"
(wherever occurring), effective 1 July 2011.
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