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23‑30 Participants who want to withdraw from scheme
(1) A *participant must notify (the withdrawal notice) the private health insurer that issued the policy in respect of which a person is a participant if the person no longer wishes to be registered in respect of the policy.
(2) A private health insurer must notify the Chief Executive Medicare of each withdrawal notice that the insurer receives under subsection (1).
(2A) A notice given by the private health insurer under subsection (2) must:
(a) be given no more than 7 business days (or any other period determined by the Chief Executive Medicare under subsection (4)) after the withdrawal notice is received by the private health insurer; and
(b) be given electronically in accordance with the electronic system approved by the Chief Executive Medicare under section 333‑16 for the purposes of this paragraph; and
(c) include the information required by that system to be included in the notice; and
(d) be accompanied by any documents required by that system to accompany the notice.
(3) If notified under subsection (2), the Chief Executive Medicare must revoke the person’s registration in respect of the policy.
Note: A revocation under this subsection is able to be automated by a computer program: see section 333‑17.
(4) The Chief Executive Medicare may, by legislative instrument, determine a different period for the purposes of paragraph (2A)(a).