Private Health Insurance Act 2007
A private health insurer must stop increasing the amount of premiums payable for [*]
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hospital cover in respect of an [*]To find definitions of asterisked terms, see the Dictionary in Schedule 1 .
adult under this Part if the adult has had hospital cover (including under an [*]To find definitions of asterisked terms, see the Dictionary in Schedule 1 .
applicable benefits arrangement), the premiums for which have been increased under this Part or [*]To find definitions of asterisked terms, see the Dictionary in Schedule 1 .
old Schedule 2 : (a) for a continuous period of 10 years; or (b) for a period of 10 years that has been interrupted only by [*]To find definitions of asterisked terms, see the Dictionary in Schedule 1 .
permitted days without hospital cover or periods during which the adult was taken to have had hospital cover otherwise than because of paragraph 34-15(2)(a) (none of which count towards the 10 years).34-10(2)
The amount must stop being increased on the day after the last day of the 10 year period.
34-10(3)
The amount of premiums payable for [*]
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hospital cover in respect of the [*]To find definitions of asterisked terms, see the Dictionary in Schedule 1 .
adult must start to be increased under this Part again if: (a) after the end of the 10 year period, the adult ceases to have hospital cover; and (b) the adult later takes out hospital cover again; and (c) the days in the period between ceasing to have the cover and taking it out again are not all [*]To find definitions of asterisked terms, see the Dictionary in Schedule 1 .
permitted days without hospital cover in respect of the adult.34-10(4)
Subsection (3) does not prevent this section applying again in respect of any later 10 year period.
34-10(5)
In subsection (1) :
old Schedule 2
means Schedule
2
to the
National Health Act 1953
as in force before 1 April 2007.
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