Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 2007 - SECT 214.1

             (1)  The Council may, in writing, appoint an * inspector to investigate the affairs of a private health insurer if the Council has reason to suspect that:

                     (a)  the affairs of the insurer are being, or are about to be, carried on in a way that is not in the interests of the * policy holders of a * health benefits fund conducted by the insurer; or

                     (b)  the insurer has contravened a provision of Part 4-4.

             (2)  The instrument of appointment must specify:

                     (a)  the matter referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) that the Council suspects; and

                     (b)  the ground on which the Council suspects the matter; and

                     (c)  the matters into which the investigation is to be made, being the whole or some part of the affairs of the insurer.

             (3)  An * inspector so appointed may be a person engaged or appointed under the Public Service Act 1999 or by an authority of the Commonwealth.