Private Health Insurance Act 2007
A person transfers to a policy (the new policy ) from another policy (the old policy ) if: (a) either:
(i) the person is insured under the old policy at the time the person becomes insured under the new policy; or
(b) the old policy is a [*]
(ii) the person ceased to be insured under the old policy no more than 7 days, or a longer number of days allowed by the new policy ' s insurer for this purpose, before becoming insured under the new policy; and
To find definitions of asterisked terms, see the Dictionary in Schedule 1 .
complying health insurance policy; and (c) the person ' s premium payments under the old policy were up to date at the time the person became insured under the new policy.Note:
See section 99-1 about transfer certificates.
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