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Private Health Insurance Amendment (Income Thresholds) Act 2021
No. 52, 2021
An Act to amend the Private Health Insurance Act 2007, and for related purposes
Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedules Schedule 1—Amendments Private Health Insurance Act 2007
Private Health Insurance Amendment (Income Thresholds) Act 2021 No. 52, 2021
An Act to amend the Private Health Insurance Act 2007, and for related purposes
[Assented to 24 June 2021]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title This Act is the Private Health Insurance Amendment (Income Thresholds) Act 2021.
2 Commencement (1) Each provision of this Act 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.
Commencement information Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provisions Commencement Date/Details 1. The whole of this Act 1 July 2021. 1 July 2021
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act. (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
3 Schedules Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendments
Private Health Insurance Act 2007
1 Section 22‑35 Repeal the section, substitute:
22‑35 Private health insurance singles thresholds (1) A person's singles tier 1 threshold for the 2021‑22 and 2022‑23 financial year is $90,000. This amount is indexed for later financial years under section 22‑45. (2) A person's singles tier 2 threshold for the 2021‑22 and 2022‑23 financial year is $105,000. This amount is indexed for later financial years under section 22‑45. (3) A person's singles tier 3 threshold for the 2021‑22 and 2022‑23 financial year is $140,000. This amount is indexed for later financial years under section 22‑45. Note: A person may be a tier 1 earner, tier 2 earner or tier 3 earner if the person's income for surcharge purposes exceeds the applicable threshold for that tier: see section 22‑30.
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