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PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE (PRUDENTIAL SUPERVISION) ACT 2015 - SECT 155

Declarations of contravention

  (1)   If, on application under section   154, the Federal Court is satisfied that a private health insurer has contravened an enforceable obligation, it must make a declaration of contravention.

Note:   For relief from liability, see section   166.

  (2)   The declaration must specify:

  (a)   the enforceable obligation that was contravened; and

  (b)   the private health insurer that contravened the obligation; and

  (c)   the conduct that constituted the contravention; and

  (d)   if the Federal Court is satisfied that an officer of the private health insurer failed to take reasonable steps to prevent the insurer contravening the obligation--the officer.

  (3)   The declaration is conclusive evidence of the matters mentioned in subsection   (2).



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