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SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 1157F

Health insurance benefits

Payment to recipient

  (1)   If:

  (a)   a person (the provider ) pays an amount to another person (the recipient ); and

  (b)   the amount is for the cost of health insurance; and

  (c)   the health insurance covers:

  (i)   the recipient; or

  (ii)   the recipient's partner; or

  (iii)   a dependent child of the recipient or the recipient's partner; or

  (iv)   a person who would be a dependent child of the recipient or the recipient's partner if the person was not receiving a jobseeker payment or a youth allowance;

the payment constitutes a health insurance benefit provided by the provider to the recipient.

Payment to the health insurance fund

  (2)   If:

  (a)   a person (the provider ) pays an amount to a health insurance fund; and

  (b)   the amount is for the cost of health insurance; and

  (c)   the health insurance covers:

  (i)   a person (the recipient ); or

  (ii)   the recipient's partner; or

  (iii)   a dependent child of the recipient or the recipient's partner; or

  (iv)   a person who would be a dependent child of the recipient or the recipient's partner if the person was not receiving a jobseeker payment;

the payment constitutes a health insurance benefit provided by the provider to the recipient.



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