CHAPTER 6
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ADMINISTRATION
PART 6-6
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PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE LEVIES
Division 310
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Returns, requesting information and keeping records: private health insurers
History
Div 310 heading substituted by No 66 of 2009, s 3 and Sch 1 item 11, effective 1 July 2009. The heading formerly read:
Division 310
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Returns, requesting information and keeping records
SECTION 310-1
RETURNS RELATING TO COMPLAINTS LEVY
310-1(1)
A private health insurer must lodge a return for each day that, under the
Private Health Insurance (Complaints Levy) Act 1995
, is a census day.
History
S 310-1(1) substituted by No 87 of 2015, s 3 and Sch 1 item 138, effective 1 July 2015. For transitional provisions, see note under s
3-15
. S 310-1(1) formerly read:
310-1(1)
A private health insurer must lodge a return for each *census day for the following levies:
(a)
*collapsed insurer levy;
(b)
*complaints levy;
(c)
*Council administration levy.
310-1(2)
(Repealed by No 87 of 2015)
History
S 310-1(2) repealed by No 87 of 2015, s 3 and Sch 1 item 138, effective 1 July 2015. For transitional provisions, see note under s
3-15
. S 310-1(2) formerly read:
310-1(2)
A
census day
for a levy means the day specified as the census day for that levy under the Act imposing the levy.
310-1(3)
The return must:
(a)
be in the
[*]
To find definitions of asterisked terms, see the Dictionary in Schedule
1
.
approved form; and
(b)
be lodged with the Secretary of the Department within 28 days after the census day.
(c)
(Repealed by No 87 of 2015)
History
S 310-1(3) amended by No 87 of 2015, s 3 and Sch 1 item 139, by substituting para (b) for para (b) and (c), effective 1 July 2015. For transitional provisions, see note under s
3-15
. Para (b) and (c) formerly read:
(b)
be lodged with:
(i)
if the return relates to *complaints levy
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the Secretary of the Department; and
(ii)
otherwise
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the Council; and
(c)
be lodged within 28 days after the *census day for the levy to which it relates.
310-1(4)
A private health insurer commits an offence if the insurer fails to lodge the return.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
310-1(5)
Strict liability applies to subsection
(4)
.
Note:
For
strict liability
, see section
6.1
of the
Criminal Code
.