Health Insurance (Eligible persons holders of temporary visas and spouse, parent, or child of New Zealand citizens) Order 2017 (Cth)

Health ref. no. 805 AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT

HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1973

Health Insurance (Eligible persons holders of temporary visas and spouse, parent, or child of New Zealand citizens) Order 2017

(1) I, GREG HUNT, Minister for Health, pursuant to subsection 6(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 (the Act), hereby:

(a) DECLARE that every person included in the class of persons specified in section (2), being a person who, but for this Order, would not be an eligible person, shall be treated as an eligible person for the purposes of the Act. (b) DECLARE that this Order shall have effect from date of signature.

(2) A person who: (a) is lawfully residing in Australia; (b) is, within the meaning of the Migration Act 1958, the holder of a temporary visa; (c) is not covered by regulations made under subsection 6A(1) of the Act; (d) has applied for a permanent visa under the Migration Act 1958 and the application has not been withdrawn or otherwise finally determined; (e) has not, both: 1. on or after the relevant day, made an application for a protection visa under the Migration Act 1958 (whether or not the person has applied for any other visa), other than an application that has been withdrawn or otherwise finally determined; and 2. whether before or after the relevant day, made an application for a parent visa under the Migration Act 1958 (whether or not the person has applied for any other visa and whether or not the application for the parent visa has been withdrawn or otherwise finally determined); and (f) has not, whether before or after the relevant day, made an application for a parent visa under the Migration Act 1958 (whether or not the person has applied for any other visa), other than an application that has been withdrawn or otherwise finally determined; and (g) in respect of whom another person, being the person's spouse, parent or child, is a New Zealand citizen who meets the definition of "Australian resident" under the Act.