Commonwealth Numbered Acts Commonwealth Numbered Acts(1) A private health insurer must retain an application made to it under subsection 23‑15(1) for the period of 5 years beginning on the day on which the application was made.
(2) The private health insurer may retain the application in any form approved in writing by the Medicare Australia CEO.
(3) An application retained in such a form must be received in all courts or tribunals as evidence as if it were the original.