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

SCHEDULE 2 - AMENDMENTS  

Health Insurance Act 1973  

44   Subsection 129AA(5A)  
Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(5A)
If a person is convicted of an offence against this section by virtue of subsection (1A) or (1B) in relation to the admission of a person as a patient in a hospital, the court may, in addition to imposing a penalty in respect of the offence, order the person to pay a private health insurer an amount equal to the sum of any benefits paid by the insurer in respect of that patient.