Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2013

Amendment of section 6A of Principal Act

3. (1) Section 6A of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), in the definition of “changed existing contract”, by substituting “section 7AB(2)” for “section 7AB(2)(a)”,

(b) in subsection (1), in the definition of “hospital bed utilisation credit”, by inserting “, or involving an overnight stay in a hospital bed in a publicly funded hospital where a charge is payable under section 55 of the Health Act 1970 for such stay,” after “private hospital accommodation”,

(c) in subsection (1), in the definition of “relevant amount”, in paragraph (a), by inserting “, or in a publicly funded hospital where a charge is payable under section 55 of the Health Act 1970 for such stay,” after “private hospital accommodation”, and

(d) by deleting subsection (2).

(2) Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (1) comes into operation on 1 January 2014.