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no such liability, except to duly perform its obligations under the contract or agreement between it and the overseas travel insurance company which establishes the agency arrangement.

          Part 3 Risk equalisation jurisdictions

8.                      Areas that are risk equalisation jurisdictions
For subsection 131-20(1) of the Act, the areas specified in the following paragraphs are each a risk equalisation jurisdiction:
(a) Australian Capital Territory, Norfolk Island and New South Wales;
(b) Northern Territory;
(c) Queensland;
(d) South Australia;
(e) Tasmania;
(f) Victoria;
        (g) Western Australia and the Territory of Christmas Island and the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

          Part 4 Operation of health-related businesses through health benefits funds

9.                      Insurance for overseas students or specified temporary visa holders
(1)        This section applies if a private health insurer has a health benefits fund in respect of its health insurance business and some or all of its health-related businesses.
(2)        For section 131-25 of the Act, requirements are specified in subrule (3) relating to how the insurer must conduct that health-related business.
(3)        The private health insurer must not:
(a)                    take or fail to take any action; or
(b)                    in making a decision, have regard to or fail to have regard to any matter;
     that would result in the insurer discriminating between people who are, or wish to be, insured under an overseas student health insurance contract or specified temporary visa holder health insurance contract of the insurer.
(4)        In this rule, discriminating relates to:
(a)                    the suffering by a person from a chronic disease, illness or other medical condition or from a disease, illness or medical condition of a particular kind; or
(b)                    the gender, race, sexual orientation or religious belief of a person; or
(c)                    the age of a person; or
(d)                    where a person lives; or
(e)                    any other characteristic of a person (including but not just matters such as occupation or leisure pursuits) that is likely to result in an increased need for hospital treatment or general treatment; or
(f)                     the frequency with which a person needs hospital treatment or general treatment; or
(g)                    the amount or extent of the benefits to which a person becomes entitled during a period under an overseas student health insurance contract or a specified temporary visa holder health insurance contract, as the case may be, except to the extent allowed by the written agreement, between the private health insurer and the Commonwealth, referred to in the definition of overseas student health insurance contract and specified temporary visa holder health insurance contract in the Private Health Insurance (Health Insurance Business) Rules 2007.
In this rule, overseas student, overseas student health insurance contract, specified temporary visa holder and specified temporary visa holder health insurance contract have