Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01114:clause:7_29:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01114
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 7 cl 29 (pt 5/7)
Character Range: 49919–52675

10 continuous years of cover and your loading is removed.".
 (3) However, the insurer does not need to inform the person of the information referred to in subrule (2) more than once in any 12 month period.
 (4) The information referred to in subrule (2) may be accompanied by either or both of the following:
 (a) information additional to the information and form of words that are required by subrule 12 (1);
 (b) other information about the policy and how it pertains to the person.
Example for paragraph (4) (b): An insurer may also inform an insured person of:
               the premium for hospital treatment and for general treatment that applies in relation to each adult insured under the policy, taking account of matters such as loadings, rebates and discounts; and
               the remaining portion (if any) of the waiting period for any or each treatment covered by the policy.
 (5) If the private health information statement and the additional information referred to in subrule (2) and paragraphs (4)(a) and (b) are set out in the same document, the additional information must not obscure or contradict the information and form of words that that are required by subrule 12 (1).
Example: The document on which a private health information statement is provided might include information about the monthly premium that is payable by the insured person under the policy that is additional to the information required by item 6 of the table to clause 2 of Schedule 1. That additional information could be included adjacent to the required information, so long as the additional information did not obscure or contradict the required information.

16.  Information provided to persons about product subgroups
  For subsection 93‑5 (2) of the Act, if a person asks an insurer for information about a complying health insurance product, the insurer must give the person a copy of the private health information statement for a product subgroup of that product:
 (a) by post; or
 (b) if the person has requested that the information be provided in another manner—if reasonably practicable, in the manner requested by the person.
Example: If requested by an insured person, a private health information statement may be provided in an electronic format, including via a web page.

Part 4 Pilot Projects

     17. Kinds of pilot projects

       The kinds of pilot projects specified for subsection 55‑15(2) of the Act are projects that enable an insurer to trial and develop, with a limited group of policy holders, new models of service delivery or health care.  The objectives of the pilot project must be for any or all of the following:

        (a) to increase the value to consumers of their health insurance products by better meeting