Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00115:reg:11:p10
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00115
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 11 (pt 10/30)
Character Range: 134804–137598

an outstanding public health debt if:
 (a) the person incurs an expense of either or both of the following kinds:
 (i) a medical, hospital or other health‑related expense arising from the treatment, on or after 17 April 2019, of the person in a public hospital or other public health facility;
 (ii) an expense arising from the provision of an aged care service to the person, on or after 17 April 2019, by an approved provider of a kind mentioned in section 8‑6 of the Aged Care Act 1997; and
 (b) a State, Territory or local government authority notifies Immigration, in accordance with an agreement between the authority and Immigration, that the expense (in whole or in part) is an unpaid debt owed by the person to the authority; and
 (c) the notification has not been withdrawn by the authority.

1.15L  Adequate arrangements for health insurance
 (1) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, specify the following for the purposes of paragraph (a) of the definition of adequate arrangements for health insurance in regulation 1.03:
 (a) requirements for health insurance for a specified class or classes of visa;
 (b) requirements for health insurance for a specified class or classes of person.
 (2) Without limiting subregulation (1), the Minister may specify different requirements for different classes of visa or person.
Note: This subregulation does not limit subsection 33(3A) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

1.15M  Designated regional areas
 (1) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, specify a part of Australia to be a designated city or major regional centre.
 (2) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, specify a part of Australia to be a regional centre or other regional area.

1.15N  Concession periods

Initial concession period
 (1) The concession period is the period (the initial concession period) that:
 (a) commences on 1 February 2020; and
 (b) ends on a day specified by the Minister under subregulation (2).
 (2) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, specify a day for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b).

Later concession periods for the purposes of specified provisions
 (3) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, determine a period as a concession period for the purposes of a specified provision of these Regulations in which the expression "concession period" is used.
 (4) The period must not begin before the initial concession period ends.

1.15P  COVID‑19 affected visas

Offshore COVID‑19 affected visas
 (1) A Subclass 417 (Working Holiday) visa or a Subclass 462 (Work and Holiday) visa (the covered visa) is covered by this subregulation if:
 (a) the covered visa is granted to a person before 20 March 2020; and
 (b) the covered visa is in effect on 20 March 2020; and
 (c) between 1 July 2021 and 31 December 2022,