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This instrument amends the Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Rules 2011 to adjust the same day Band 3 private hospital benefit.
Administered by: Health and Aged Care
Registered 27 Jul 2023
Tabling HistoryDate
Tabled HR31-Jul-2023
Tabled Senate01-Aug-2023
Date of repeal 17 Oct 2023
Repealed by Division 1 of Part 3 of Chapter 3 of the Legislation Act 2003
Table of contents.

Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia

 

Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Rules (No. 6) 2023

I, Andrew Rintoul, delegate of the Minister for Health and Aged Care, make the following Rules.

Dated                                       27 July 2023

Andrew Rintoul

A/g Assistant Secretary

Private Health Strategy Branch

Benefits Integrity Division

Health Resourcing Group

Department of Health and Aged Care

 


Contents

1  Name........................................................................................................................................ 1

2  Commencement........................................................................................................................ 1

3  Authority.................................................................................................................................. 1

4  Schedules................................................................................................................................. 1

Schedule 1—Amendments—Same day accommodation                                           2

Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Rules 2011                                                     2


1  Name

                   This instrument is the Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Rules (No. 6) 2023.

2  Commencement

(1)   Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  The whole of this instrument

The day after this instrument is registered.

 

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2)   Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

                   This instrument is made under subsection 333-20(1) of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007.

4  Schedules

                   Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1Amendments—Same day accommodation

Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Rules 2011

1  Clause 2 of Schedule 3 (Table 2)

Repeal the table (including the heading), substitute:

 

Table 2‑ Same day accommodation for private patients at private hospitals in all States/Territories

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Column 5

Private hospitals

Band 1

Band 2

Band 3

Band 4

All States and Territories

$264

$332

$403

$472