Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00561:body:0:p12
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00561
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 29122–31776

undertaking Commonwealth‑funded activities―a person to whom a law of a State or Territory relating to workers' compensation does not apply, in respect of an event occurring while the person:
(a) is undertaking an activity that is part of an employment, education, training or youth program, or initiative, administered or funded by the Commonwealth, including specialist employment services for people with disabilities; or
(b) is travelling to a place to undertake such an activity or travelling from a place after undertaking the activity at that place.

     16. Health insurance business: death or disability benefits
      (1) For the purpose of section 121‑30 of the Act, the business of undertaking liability, by way of insurance, is not health insurance business where the liability is for:
(a) death benefits; or
(b) benefits payable if the insured is more likely than not to die within 2 years after making a claim for illness or injury; or
(c) benefits payable if the insured has a disability caused by an illness or injury and because of the disability:
(i) is permanently unable to work in the category of occupation defined in the policy; or
(ii) is accepted by the insurer as being unable to work because of loss of sight or limb; or
(d) benefits payable as income replacement or as premium payments for an insurance policy because the insured is disabled and restricted from earning income; or
(e) if the insured is not employed — benefits payable by reference to the time for which the insured is disabled and cannot carry out domestic activities; or
(f) benefits payable:
(i) because of an event defined in the policy; and
(ii) in a lump sum or in parts; and
(iii) if the total benefit payable for each event defined in the policy is at least $10,000.
      (2) This rule does not apply if the provision of a benefit is authorised under rules made for the purposes of paragraph 69‑1 (1) (b) of the Act.

     17. Insurance that is not health insurance business―certain overseas visitors
      (1) Subject to this rule, for section 121‑30 of the Act, the business of undertaking liability, by way of insurance, or an arrangement to make payments under an employee health benefits scheme, is not health insurance business if the insurance covers:
(a) a matter referred to in subsection 121‑1 (2) of the Act; and
(b) a person who, at the time of entering into the relevant contract of insurance, is or expects to be, temporarily present in Australia and who:
(i) is not, or will not be, an eligible person; or
(ii) is an eligible person by reason only of being treated as an eligible person under subsection 7 (2) of the Health Insurance