Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 2007 (NO. 31, 2007) - SECT 166.1

             (1)  A private health insurer commits an offence if the insurer allows a * disqualified person to be or to act as a * director or * senior manager of the insurer.

Penalty:  250 penalty units.

             (2)  Subsection (1) does not apply if the insurer:

                     (a)  contacted the Council within a reasonable period before allowing the person to be to or act as a * director or * senior manager, as the case may be; and

                     (b)  was advised by the Council that the person was not a * disqualified person.

Note:          A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in this subsection. See subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code .