Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE INCENTIVES ACT 1997 No. 55, 1997 - SECT 2.1

This Part is about how people who are covered by private health insurance
policies providing hospital cover, ancillary cover or combined cover can
participate in a scheme under which the premiums payable under those policies
are reduced.
Table of Divisions 2 Introduction 3 Who is eligible to participate in the
scheme? 4 How do people participate in the scheme? 5 What effect does the
scheme have on insurance premiums? Note: The incentives scheme is complemented
by the private health insurance tax offset, provided for by Subdivision 61-G
of the Income  Tax Assessment Act 1997 . People can choose to claim the tax
offset instead of having their premiums reduced.