INCOME TAX ASSESSMENT ACT 1936 (ARCHIVE)

PART VIII - MISCELLANEOUS  

SECTION 264CA   COMMISSIONER MAY REQUIRE HEALTH FUNDS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION  

264CA(1)   [Written notice]  

The Commissioner may, by notice in writing, require a health fund to provide information about each person covered by a private health insurance policy at any time during a financial year.

264CA(2)   [Information particulars]  

The information that the Commissioner may require the health fund to provide is as follows:

(a) the name, address and date of birth of each such person;

(b) the fund membership number of the policy;

(c) whether the policy concerned covers only one person or covers more than one person;

(d) the name, address and date of birth of the person covered by the policy whom the health fund treats as the contributor in respect of the policy;

(e) whether any of the persons covered by the policy are dependent children;

(f) the name, address and date of birth of any person who is a partner of a person covered by the policy;

(g) the name, address and date of birth of any person who paid premiums under the policy;

(h) whether the policy provides hospital cover or ancillary cover;

(i) the date on which the policy was issued;

(j) whether the policy has terminated, and, if it has, the date on which it terminated;

(k) the amount (if any) by which the premium in respect of the policy has been reduced for that financial year because of the operation of the Private Health Insurance Incentives Act 1997 .

264CA(3)   [Approved form; time to supply]  

The information required under subsection (2) is to be supplied:

(a) in a form (including an electronic form) approved by the Commissioner; and

(b) within the period specified by the Commissioner.

264CA(4)   [Interpretation]  

In this section, the following terms have the same meanings as in the Private Health Insurance Incentives Act 1997 :

ancillary cover;

dependent child;

health fund;

hospital cover;

partner;

private health insurance policy.