Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 2007 - SECT 96.20

  (1)   A private health insurer commits an offence if:

  (a)   the insurer is required under section   96 - 1, 96 - 5, 96 - 10 or 96 - 15 to ensure that a particular thing is given to a particular person; and

  (b)   the thing is not given 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 .