Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Amendment Rules 2012 (No. 5)¹

I, DOUG FAWNS, delegate of the Minister for Health, make these Rules under item 3A of the table in section 333-20 of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007.

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Doug Fawns

Assistant Secretary

Private Health Insurance Branch

Medical Benefits Division

Department of Health and Ageing

14 September 2012

Contents

PART 1      PRELIMINARY                                   

1. Name of Rules 

2. Commencement 

3. Amendment of the Private Health Insurance (Benefit    Requirements) Rules 2011                                                                      3

SCHEDULE A – AMENDMENTS

SCHEDULE B – AMENDMENTS                                 6

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Rules

These Rules are the Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Amendment Rules 2012 (No. 5).

2. Commencement

These Rules commence on:

(a) 20 September 2012; or

(b) if registered after 20 September 2012, the day after registration.

3. Amendment of the Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Rules 2011

Schedules A and B amend the Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Rules 2011 as amended.

 Schedule A ― Amendments

 [1] Schedule 4, Clause 6 Minimum benefit, Table 1:

Delete:

Tasmania    $122.25

Insert:

Tasmania    $124.90

 Delete:

  Victoria     $105.65

 Insert:

  Victoria     $113.70

[2] Schedule 4, Clause 6 Minimum benefit, Table 2:

 Delete:

  Private hospitals   $60.15

 Insert:

  Private hospitals   $59.05

Schedule B ― Amendments

[1] Schedule 5, Clause 4 Facilities, Table:

The table in Clause 4 of Schedule 5 of the Private Health Insurance (Benefit

Requirements) Rules 2011 is amended as set out below:

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Note

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