Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00173:section:10
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00173
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 10
Character Range: 26300–27106

10  Carrying on health insurance business without registration
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person carries on health insurance business; and
 (b) the person is not a private health insurer.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years or 120 penalty units, or both.
Note: If a body corporate is convicted of an offence against this subsection, subsection 4B(3) of the Crimes Act 1914 allows a court to impose a fine of up to 5 times the penalty stated above.
 (2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits a separate offence in respect of each day (including the day of conviction for any such offence or any later day) during which the contravention continues.
Note: This subsection is not intended to imply that section 4K of the Crimes Act 1914 does not apply to offences against this Act.