Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsPower to publish notice of directions in Gazette
(1) APRA may publish in the Gazette notice of any direction given under section 96. The notice must include the name of the private health insurer given the direction and a summary of the direction.
Requirement to publish notice of variation or revocation of certain directions in Gazette
(2) If APRA publishes notice of a direction given under section 96 and then later varies or revokes the direction, APRA must publish in the Gazette notice of that variation or revocation as soon as practicable after the revocation.
Requirement to provide information about directions to Minister
(3) If the Minister, in writing, requests APRA to provide information about:
(a) any directions under section 96 in respect of a particular private health insurer; or
(b) any directions made during a specified period under section 96 in respect of any private health insurer;
APRA must comply with the request.
Power to inform Minister of directions
(4) APRA may provide any information that it considers appropriate to the Minister about any directions under section 96, or variations or revocations of such directions, in respect of any private health insurer, at any time.
Requirement to inform Minister of variation or revocation of direction if informed of making of direction
(5) If APRA provides the Minister with information about a direction and then later varies or revokes the direction, APRA must notify the Minister of the variation or revocation of the direction as soon as practicable after the revocation.
Failure to comply with this section does not affect validity of direction etc.
(6) A failure to comply with a requirement of this section in relation to a direction, or the variation or revocation of a direction, does not affect the validity of the direction, or the variation or revocation.