Commonwealth legislation

National Health (Private Health Insurance Levies) Repeal Regulations 2007 (No. 1)

RepealedCTH

This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

63 of 2007

Collection

legislative instrument

Plain English Summary

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These regulations remove outdated rules about private health insurance levies from Australia's laws.

Specifically, they repeal (cancel) the National Health (Private Health Insurance Levies) Regulations 2004. Those 2004 regulations set out administrative details for collecting charges (levies) from private health insurers under the old legislative scheme.

Why this matters: When Parliament introduces new laws to replace old ones, the old regulations often need to be formally deleted to avoid confusion. This instrument is a “cleanup” measure that works alongside the Private Health Insurance Act 2007 to ensure the old levy rules no longer apply once the new system starts.

Who is affected:

Private health insurance companies (who no longer need to follow the 2004 rules)
Government agencies that administered these specific levies

This is purely administrative—no new obligations are created, and no substantive (meaningful) rules remain from the old regulations.

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National Health (Private Health Insurance Levies) Repeal Regulations 2007 (No. 1)

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National Health (Private Health Insurance Levies) Repeal Regulations 2007 (No. 1)1

Select Legislative Instrument 2007 No. 63

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the National Health Act 1953.

Dated 29 March 2007

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

TONY ABBOTT

Minister for Health and Ageing

1 Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the National Health (Private Health Insurance Levies) Repeal Regulations 2007 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

These Regulations commence:

(a) if they are registered before the Private Health Insurance Act 2007 commences — on the commencement of that Act; or

(b) if they are registered after that Act commences — on the day after they are registered.

3 Repeal of National Health (Private Health Insurance Levies) Regulations 2004

The National Health (Private Health Insurance Levies) Regulations 2004 are repealed.

Note

Note: 1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See www.frli.gov.au.

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1 National Health (Private Health Insurance Levies) Repeal Regulations 2007 (No. 1)