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INCOME TAX ASSESSMENT ACT 1936 - SECT 264BB

Commissioner may require private health insurers to provide information

             (1)  The Commissioner may, by notice in writing, require a private health insurer to provide information relevant to the operation of this Act about each person who is covered at any time during a financial year specified in the notice by a complying health insurance policy issued by the insurer or who paid premiums under such a policy.

             (2)  The information that the Commissioner may require the private health insurer to provide includes the following:

                     (a)  the name, address and date of birth of each person mentioned in subsection (1);

                     (b)  the membership number of the policy;

                     (c)  the name, address and date of birth of any spouse of a person covered by the policy (other than a spouse permanently living separately and apart from the person);

                     (d)  whether the policy covers hospital treatment, general treatment or both;

                     (e)  the date on which the policy was issued;

                      (f)  whether the policy has terminated or been suspended, and, if it has, the date on which it terminated or was suspended;

                     (g)  the amount of the premium payable under the policy;

                     (h)  the period to which the premium relates;

                      (i)  any increase or decrease in the premium;

                      (j)  whether a payment in respect of a premium that was due within a period specified by the Commissioner was not paid.

             (3)  The information required by a notice under subsection (1) is to be provided:

                     (a)  in a form (including an electronic form) approved by the Commissioner; and

                     (b)  within the period specified in the notice.

             (4)  In this section, the following terms have the same meanings as in the Private Health Insurance Act 2007 :

"complying health insurance policy"

"general treatment"

"hospital treatment"

"private health insurer"



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