Private Health Insurance Act 2007

CHAPTER 2 - INCENTIVES  

PART 2-3 - LIFETIME HEALTH COVER  

Division 34 - General rules about lifetime health cover  

SECTION 34-20   MEANING OF PERMITTED DAYS WITHOUT HOSPITAL COVER  

34-20(1)    
Any of the following days that occur after an ^[*]

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adult ceases, for the first time after his or her ^[*]

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lifetime health cover base day, to have ^[*]

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hospital cover are permitted days without hospital cover in respect of that adult:

(a)    days on which the cover was suspended by the private health insurer in accordance with the rules for suspensions set out in the Private Health Insurance (Lifetime Health Cover) Rules;

(b)    days (not counting days covered by paragraph (a) ) on which the adult is ^[*]

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overseas that form part of a continuous period overseas of more than one year;

(c)    the first 1,094 days (not counting days covered by paragraph (a) or (b) ) on which the adult did not have hospital cover.

34-20(2)    
The Private Health Insurance (Lifetime Health Cover) Rules may specify days that, despite subsection (1) , are taken not to be ^[*]

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permitted days without hospital cover.