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Health ref. no.822

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT

HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1973

Health Insurance (Eligible persons – Participants in the family accompaniment pilot under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme) Order 2024

I, Louise Riley, Acting First Assistant Secretary, Medicare Benefits and Digital Health Division, Health Resourcing Group, delegate for the Minister for Health and Aged Care, for the purposes of subsection 6(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 (the Act) hereby DECLARE that:

    (1)          Every person included in the specified class of persons to whom clause 2 applies, being a person who, but for this Order, would not be an eligible person for the purposes of the Act shall, during any period in which the person is in Australia, be treated as being an eligible person for the purposes of the Act.

    (2)          This applies to:

        (a)                a person who is the holder of a Subclass 403 Temporary Work (International Relations) visa (in the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility stream or Pacific Labour Scheme stream) and:

            (i)            the person is participating in the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme family accompaniment pilot to bring members of the family unit (within the meaning of subsection 5(1) of the Migration Act 1958) of the person to Australia; and

            (ii)          a member of the person's family unit has entered Australia and is, or has been, residing temporarily in Australia.

        (b)               a person who is in Australia as the holder of a Subclass 403 Temporary Work (International Relations) visa  granted on the basis that the person is a member of the family unit of the worker referred to in subparagraph (a)(i).

        (c)                the child of the worker referred to in subparagraph (a)(i) or member of the family unit referred to in paragraph (b) and who:

            (i)            was born in Australia; and

            (ii)          is taken to have been granted a Subclass 403 Temporary Work (International Relations) visa (in the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility stream or Pacific Labour Scheme stream) because of section 78 of the Migration Act 1958.

    (3)          This Order commences on 30 April 2024.

Dated 16 April 2024

Louise Riley
Acting First Assistant Secretary
Medicare Benefits and Digital Health Division
Health Resourcing Group
Department of Health and Aged Care
ATTACHMENT - STATEMENT OF REASONS

Health Insurance Act 1973
Class Order under Subsection 6(1)

ORDER NO: 822

DATE OF ORDER: 16 April 2024

RELATED ORDER: N/A

                            NAME OF PERSON/GROUP:  Participants in the family accompaniment pilot under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme

REASON FOR APPROVAL:

The Enhancing Pacific Engagement Budget 2023-24 measure provides access to Medicare for 200 families participating in a Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme family accompaniment pilot, to begin in the 2023-24 financial year.

The PALM scheme allows eligible Australian businesses to