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93‑1 Maintaining up to date private health information statements
(1) A private health insurer must ensure that it maintains at all times an *up to date *private health information statement:
(a) for each *product subgroup of each *complying health insurance product that it makes available; and
(b) for each product subgroup of each complying health insurance product under which it insures people.
(1A) A single *private health information statement may be the private health information statement for more than one *product subgroup of a *complying health insurance product if the premiums payable under policies in the subgroups the statement covers are the same.
(2) The *private health information statement for a *product subgroup of a *complying health insurance product is up to date at a particular time, if, at that time, the information in the statement is accurate.
(3) A private health insurer commits an offence if there is no *private health information statement for a *product subgroup of a *complying health insurance product of the insurer.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
(4) A private health insurer commits an offence if:
(a) there is a *private health information statement for a *product subgroup of a *complying health insurance product of the insurer; and
(b) the private health information statement is not *up to date.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
(5) Strict liability applies to subsections (3) and (4).
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.