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Private Health Insurance Incentives Act 1997
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C2004A05153
30 April 1997
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20 December 1998
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Part 1—Preliminary
Division 1—Preliminary
1-1 Short title
1-2 Commencement
1-3 Definitions
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Part 2—The incentives scheme
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Division 2—Introduction
2-1 What this Part is about
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Division 3—Who is eligible to participate in the scheme?
3-1 Eligibility to participate in the scheme
3-2 Appropriate private health insurance cover
3-3 Income test—policies covering only one person
3-4 Income test—policies covering more than one person
3-5 Meaning of taxable income
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Division 4—How do people participate in the scheme?
4-1 Registration by Health Insurance Commission
4-2 Eligibility to apply for registration
4-3 Applications for registration
4-4 Notifying the Health Insurance Commission
4-5 Refusal to register
4-6 Revocation of registration
4-7 Notification requirements—registered persons
4-8 Notification requirements—health funds
4-9 Variation of registration
4-10 Retention of applications by health funds
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Division 5—What effect does the scheme have on insurance premiums?
5-1 Reduction in premiums
5-2 Participant in the incentives scheme
5-3 Annual incentive amounts
5-4 Policies that cease to be dependent child policies
5-5 Persons who are not eligible persons for part of a financial year
5-6 Premiums paid in respect of certain periods around 1 July 1997
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Part 3—Reimbursement of health funds
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Division 6—Introduction
6-1 What this Part is about
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Division 7—How do health funds become participating funds?
7-1 Becoming a participating fund
7-2 Requirements for applications
7-3 Consideration of applications
7-4 Notice of Minister’s decision
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Division 8—How are participating funds reimbursed?
8-1 Health funds may claim reimbursement
8-2 Requirements for claims
8-3 Amounts payable to the health fund
8-4 Adjustments to amounts
8-5 Notifying health funds if amount is not payable
8-6 Reconsideration of decisions
8-7 Appropriation
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Part 4—Administering the incentives scheme
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Division 9—Introduction
9-1 What this Part is about
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Division 10—How is the scheme administered?
10-1 General administration of this Act
10-2 Audits by Commission
10-3 Commission may require production of applications
10-4 Information to be provided to the Commissioner of Taxation
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Division 11—When and how does the government recover payments?
11-1 Recovery of payments
11-2 Interest on amounts recoverable
11-3 Write off and waiver
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Division 12—How is information protected?
12-1 Principles relating to personal information
12-2 Use etc. of information relating to another person
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Part 5—Miscellaneous
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Division 13—Miscellaneous
13-1 Review by Administrative Appeals Tribunal
13-2 Exclusion of certain State insurance
13-3 False or misleading information in applications
13-4 Application of the Criminal Code
13-5 Regulations
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Schedule 1—Dictionary
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