Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00097:section:5:p13
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00097
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 5 (pt 13/56)
Character Range: 114475–117229

identifying the health benefits fund to which the policy will be referable as a result of the change; or
 (b) within 2 weeks after the change takes effect, an adult insured under the policy is given a statement identifying the health benefits fund to which the policy is referable as a result of the change.
Note: The health benefits fund to which a policy is referable may change in accordance with Division 4 of Part 3 of the Private Health Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Act 2015.
 (5) If more than one *adult is insured under a single *complying health insurance policy of a private health insurer, the insurer is taken to comply with subsection (1), (2) or (4) if the insurer complies with the subsection in relation to only one of those adults.

93‑25  Giving advance notice of detrimental changes to rules
 (1) A private health insurer must ensure an *adult insured under a *complying health insurance policy issued by the insurer is informed about any proposed change to the insurer's *rules (other than a change to which subsection 93‑20(2) applies), a reasonable time before the change takes effect, if the proposed change is or might be detrimental to the interests of an insured person.
 (2) If more than one *adult is insured under a single *complying health insurance policy of a private health insurer, the insurer is taken to comply with subsection (1) if the insurer complies with that subsection in relation to only one of those adults.

93‑30  Failure to give information to consumers
 (1) A private health insurer commits an offence if:
 (a) the insurer is required under section 93‑10, 93‑15, 93‑20 or 93‑25 to ensure that a particular thing happens in relation to a particular person; and
 (b) the thing does not happen in relation to the person.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
 (2) Strict liability applies to subsection (1).
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.

Division 96—Giving information to the Department and the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman

96‑1  Giving private health information statements on request
  A private health insurer must ensure that, if:
 (a) the Secretary of the Department; or
 (c) the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman;
requests the private health insurer for the *private health information statements for a *complying health insurance product of the insurer, the insurer gives the person who made the request *up to date copies of the statements, as soon as practicable after being asked and by the method (if any) specified by the person.

96‑5  Giving private health information statements for new products
  A private health insurer must ensure that copies of the *private health information statements for a *complying health insurance product of the insurer are