{"id":"F2025L00284","name":"Private Health Insurance (Medical Devices and Human Tissue Products Levy) Rules 2025","slug":"private-health-insurance-medical-devices-and-human-tissue-products-levy-rules-2025","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442773,"registerId":"F2025L00284-fast-fetch-1775957710720","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Private Health Insurance (Medical Devices and Human Tissue Products Levy) Rules 2025","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nPrivate Health Insurance (Medical Devices and Human Tissue Products Levy) Rules 2025\n\nI, Mark Butler, Minister for Health and Aged Care, make the following rules.\n\nDated        27 February 2025\n\nMark Butler\n\nMinister for Health and Aged Care\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\n5  Levy imposition days\n\n \n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Private Health Insurance (Medical Devices and Human Tissue Products Levy) Rules 2025.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under section 6 of the Private Health Insurance (Medical Devices and Human Tissue Products Levy) Act 2007.\n\n4  Definitions\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Private Health Insurance (Medical Devices and Human Tissue Products Levy) Act 2007.\n\n5  Levy imposition days\n\n (1) For subsection 4(2) of the Act, each of the following days is a levy imposition day:\n\n (a) for the financial year beginning on 1 July 2024 – 15 March 2025;\n\n (b) for the financial year beginning on 1 July 2025 and for each subsequent financial year – 15 September in that financial year.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the narrow function intended by its enabling Act: setting levy imposition dates. It has not expanded beyond this specific purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 sections spanning approximately 1 page","Only 1 defined term ('Act') in the interpretation section","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Single operational provision (section 5) with straightforward date specifications","No subordinate legislative instruments referenced"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument fixes when private health insurers must pay the government levy on medical devices and human tissue products: 15 March 2025 for the 2024–25 year, and 15 September in 2025–26 and every year after.  \n\nIt affects insurers already liable under the 2007 Act, giving clear payment dates to aid administration and ensure timely contributions that help fund health system costs for high‑value devices and tissue products."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not change who is subject to the levy or the levy amounts; it only prescribes the days on which the levy is taken to be imposed (see s5) and specifies its own commencement (s2). Any substantive scope or liability rules remain governed by the Act (authority cited in s3)."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (section 5) specifying levy imposition days — limited textual scope.","Relies on cross‑reference to the Act (subsection 4(2)) for the substantive levy rule; interpretation depends on that external provision.","Two different timing rules: a transitional/one‑off date for 2024–25 and a recurring annual date thereafter, creating a minor temporal complexity for administrators.","Commencement mechanics use a standard table (section 2) but add no layered commencement conditions.","Instrument made under statutory authority (s3 cites s6 of the Act) — discretion is narrow but present in choice of dates.","Does not set rates or identify liable parties in text; implementers must consult the Act for full compliance obligations."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument sets the dates on which the medical‑devices and human‑tissue products levy under the Private Health Insurance (Medical Devices and Human Tissue Products Levy) Act 2007 is treated as imposed. It names 15 March 2025 for the 2024–25 financial year and 15 September for 2025–26 and each later year (s5). Made by the Minister under s6, the rules change the timing of levy obligations for entities subject to the Act without altering levy rates or who is liable under the Act."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/private-health-insurance-medical-devices-and-human-tissue-products-levy-rules-2025","history":"/api/acts/private-health-insurance-medical-devices-and-human-tissue-products-levy-rules-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/private-health-insurance-medical-devices-and-human-tissue-products-levy-rules-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/private-health-insurance-medical-devices-and-human-tissue-products-levy-rules-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/private-health-insurance-medical-devices-and-human-tissue-products-levy-rules-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/private-health-insurance-medical-devices-and-human-tissue-products-levy-rules-2025/documents"}}