Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 2007 - SECT 256.10

             (1)  The Private Health Insurance Ombudsman may direct private health insurers:

                     (a)  to give * adults insured under the insurers' * products the information specified in the direction, in the manner specified in the direction; or

                     (b)  to publish the information specified in the direction, in the manner specified in the direction.

             (2)  A direction must only specify information that relates to the functions of the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman.

             (3)  If more than one * adult is insured under a single * complying health insurance policy of a private health insurer, the insurer is taken to comply with a direction if the insurer complies with the direction in relation to only one of those adults.

             (4)  A private health insurer commits an offence if:

                     (a)  the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman gives private health insurers a direction under subsection (1); and

                     (b)  the insurer does not comply with the direction.

Penalty:  60 penalty units.

             (5)  Strict liability applies to subsection (4).

Note:          For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .