Private Health Insurance Act 2007

CHAPTER 6 - ADMINISTRATION  

PART 6-6 - PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE LEVIES  

Division 304 - Introduction  

SECTION 304-10  

304-10   MEANING OF PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE LEVY  
Each of the following levies is a private health insurance levy :

(a) (Repealed by No 87 of 2015)

(b)    levy imposed under the Private Health Insurance (Complaints Levy) Act 1995 ( complaints levy );

(c) (Repealed by No 87 of 2015)

(d)    levy imposed under the Private Health Insurance (Risk Equalisation Levy) Act 2003 ( risk equalisation levy );

(da)    levy imposed under the Private Health Insurance (Medical Devices and Human Tissue Products Levy) Act 2007 ( medical devices and human tissue products levy );

(e)    levy imposed under the Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Act 2009 ( national joint replacement register levy ).

Note:

Private health insurers are also liable to pay levies imposed by the Private Health Insurance Supervisory Levy Imposition Act 2015 and the Private Health Insurance (Collapsed Insurer Levy) Act 2003 . This Part does not apply to those levies. The collection of those levies is dealt with in the Financial Institutions Supervisory Levies Collection Act 1998 .

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History

S 304-10 amended by No 8 of 2023, s 3 and Sch 2 item 5, by inserting para (da), effective 1 July 2023. For application and transitional provisions, see note under s 72-15 .

S 304-10 amended by No 87 of 2015, s 3 and Sch 1 items 127 and 128, by repealing para (a), (c) and inserting the note, effective 1 July 2015. For transitional provisions, see note under s 3-15 . Para (a) and (c) formerly read:

(a) levy imposed under the Private Health Insurance (Collapsed Insurer Levy) Act 2003 ( collapsed insurer levy );

(c) levy imposed under the Private Health Insurance (Council Administration Levy) Act 2003 ( Council administration levy );

S 304-10 amended by No 66 of 2009, s 3 and Sch 1 item 4, by inserting para (e), effective 1 July 2009.

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