Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

NATIONAL HEALTH AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1999 (NO. 3) 1999 NO. 162 - SCHEDULE 1

(regulation 3)

[1] After subregulation 48 (2A)

insert

(2B)

For the purposes of paragraph (e) of the definition of health insurance business in subsection 67 (4) of the Act, health insurance business does not include the business of undertaking liability by way of insurance with respect to matters referred to in paragraph (a), (ab) or (b) of that definition if the liability is undertaken by a registered organisation under an overseas student health insurance contract.

[2] After subregulation 48 (4)

insert

(5)

In subregulation (2B):

"overseas student" means a person who is the holder of a student visa issued under regulations made under the Migration Act 1958 .

"overseas student health insurance contract" means a contract of insurance made in accordance with an agreement between a registered organisation and the Commonwealth that allows the registered organisation to pay benefits in respect of the whole or part of the fees and charges incurred by an overseas student, or by a dependant of an overseas student, in relation to the provision in Australia of any or all of the following:

(a)

relevant health services;

(b)

services involving the supply, alteration, maintenance or repair of hearing aids, spectacles, contact lenses, artificial teeth, eyes or limbs (including parts of teeth or limbs) or other medical, surgical, prosthetic or dental aids, equipment or appliances;

(c)

drugs or medicinal preparations;

(d)

ambulance services;

(e)

services by an attendant of a person who is sick or disabled;

(f)

professional services for which medicare benefits would otherwise be payable under the Health Insurance Act 1973 ;

(g)

hospital treatment.