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PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE (COLLAPSED INSURER LEVY) ACT 2003 - SECT 8

Exempt insurers

  (1)   A private health insurer is an exempt insurer in relation to a levy determination if:

  (a)   it is the collapsed insurer; or

  (b)   the Minister determines, by legislative instrument, that the insurer is an exempt insurer.

  (2)   The Minister may make a determination under paragraph   ( 1)(b) if the Minister is satisfied that imposing the collapsed insurer levy on the insurer would have a significantly adverse effect on the insurer's ability to comply with:

  (a)   a prudential standard (within the meaning of the Private Health Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Act 2015 ) relating to capital adequacy or solvency that applies in relation to the insurer; or

  (b)   a direction given to the insurer under section   96 of that Act.



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