Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE INCENTIVES ACT 1997 No. 55, 1997 - SECT 3.1

A person is eligible, in respect of a financial year, to participate in the
incentives scheme in respect of a private health insurance policy if:

   (a)  the health fund that issued the policy is, for the year, a
        participating fund (see Division 7); and

   (b)  the person is eligible to apply under Division 4 for registration in
        respect of the policy for that year (see section 4-2); and

   (c)  the policy provides appropriate private health insurance cover (see
        section 3-2); and

   (d)  the income test under section 3-3 or 3-4 (whichever is applicable) is
        satisfied in respect of that year; and

   (e)  the person is, at any time during that year, an eligible person within
        the meaning of section 3 of the Health Insurance Act 1973, or is
        treated as such a person because of section 6 of that Act.