PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE (TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) ACT 2007

PART 2 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO CHAPTER 2 OF THE NEW ACT  

Division 2 - Lifetime health cover  

SECTION 9  

9   CALCULATING 10 YEARS ' CONTINUOUS COVER UNDER SECTION 34-10 OF THE NEW ACT  
For the purposes of paragraph 34-10(1)(b) of the new Act:

(a) the reference to permitted days without cover includes a reference to days before the commencement time that were permitted days without hospital cover within the meaning of Schedule 2 to the National Health Act 1953 as in force before the commencement time; and

(b) the reference to periods during which the adult was taken to have had hospital cover includes periods during which the adult was taken to have had hospital cover under subclause 4(2) of that Schedule.