Health ref. no.793

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT

HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1973

ORDER UNDER SUBSECTION 6(1)

I, PETER DUTTON, Minister for Health, pursuant to subsection 6(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 (the Act), hereby DECLARE that:

(a)                Every person included in the following class of persons, being a person who, but for this Order would not be an eligible person, shall be treated as an eligible person for the purposes of the Act where:

(i)                  the person resides in Australia; and

(ii)               the person is a holder of a valid Secondary Movement Offshore Entry Visa (Subclass 447) issued under the Migration Act 1958;

(b)                This Order shall have effect from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2017 inclusive.

Dated this    15th day of December 2014.

PETER DUTTON

MINISTER FOR HEALTH