Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE (TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) ACT 2007 (NO. 32, 2007) - SECT 49

             (1)  For the purposes of an application made under section 14‑10 of the Private Health Insurance Incentives Act 1998 on or after the commencement time, paragraph 14‑10(1)(c) is taken to refer to the chief executive officer of the applicant private health insurer.

             (2)  If:

                     (a)  before 1 July 2007, a private health insurer had applied to become a participating fund for the purposes of the Private Health Insurance Incentives Act 1998 ; and

                     (b)  immediately before 1 July 2007, the Minister had neither approved nor rejected the application;

the Minister may treat the application as if it were an application made under section 279‑5 of the new Act.