Private Health Insurance Act 2007

CHAPTER 3 - COMPLYING HEALTH INSURANCE PRODUCTS  

PART 3-4 - OBLIGATIONS RELATING TO COMPLYING HEALTH INSURANCE PRODUCTS  

Division 93 - Giving information to consumers  

SECTION 93-1   MAINTAINING UP TO DATE PRIVATE HEALTH INFORMATION STATEMENTS  

93-1(1)    
A private health insurer must ensure that it maintains at all times an ^[*]

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up to date ^[*]

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private health information statement:

(a)    for each ^[*]

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product subgroup of each ^[*]

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complying health insurance product that it makes available; and

(b)    for each product subgroup of each complying health insurance product under which it insures people.

93-1(1A)    
A single ^[*]

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private health information statement may be the private health information statement for more than one ^[*]

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product subgroup of a ^[*]

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complying health insurance product if the premiums payable under policies in the subgroups the statement covers are the same.

93-1(2)    
The ^[*]

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private health information statement for a ^[*]

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product subgroup of a ^[*]

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complying health insurance product is up to date at a particular time, if, at that time, the information in the statement is accurate.

93-1(3)    
A private health insurer commits an offence if there is no ^[*]

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private health information statement for a ^[*]

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product subgroup of a ^[*]

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complying health insurance product of the insurer.

Penalty: 60 penalty units.

93-1(4)    
A private health insurer commits an offence if:

(a)    there is a ^[*]

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private health information statement for a ^[*]

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product subgroup of a ^[*]

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complying health insurance product of the insurer; and

(b)    the private health information statement is not ^[*]

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up to date.

Penalty: 60 penalty units.

93-1(5)    
Strict liability applies to subsections (3) and (4) .

Note:

For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .