Health ref. no. 795

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT

HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1973

ORDER UNDER SUBSECTION 6(1)

I, NATASHA RYAN, Delegate for the Minister for Health, in accordance with the powers vested in the Minister under subsection 6(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 (the Act) hereby DECLARE that:

(a)              Every person included in the specified class of persons:

(i)                the person is a citizen of Italy who is eligible for services under the national health legislation of Italy; and

(ii)              the person is lawfully present but not ordinarily resident in Australia,

being a person who but for this Order, would not be an eligible person for the purposes of the Act shall, for a period not exceeding six months after the person’s last entry to Australia, be treated as being an eligible person for the purposes of the Act.

(b)              This Order shall have effect from 11 September 2015 to 31 December 2017 inclusive.

Dated this    10 day of September 2015.

NATASHA RYAN

DELEGATE OF THE MINISTER FOR HEALTH