Federal Register of Legislation
Health ref. no.819
AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT
HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1973
Health Insurance (Eligible persons – Ukrainian nationals including their non-Ukrainian immediate family members) who are holders of Bridging Visa E (Subclass 050 and Subclass 051) Order 2022
I, Nigel Murray, Assistant Secretary, Medical Benefits Division, Health Resourcing Group, delegate for the Minister for Health and Aged Care, pursuant to subsection 6(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 (the Act) hereby DECLARE that:
(1) Every person included in the specified class of persons to whom clause (2) applies, being a person who, but for this Order, would not be an eligible person for the purposes of the Act shall, during any period in which the person is in Australia, be treated as being an eligible person for the purposes of the Act.
(2) This clause applies to a person who is:
(a) a Ukrainian national; or
(b) an immediate family member of a Ukrainian national; and
(c) is a holder of a Bridging Visa E (Subclass 050 and Subclass 051) that was granted on or after 1 August 2022; or
(d) the child of a person mentioned in subclause (1)(a) and who:
(i) was born in Australia; and
(ii) is taken to have been granted a Bridging Visa E (Subclass 050 and Subclass 051) because of section 78 of the Migration Act 1958.
(3) This Order shall be taken to have commenced on 1 November 2022
Dated this 28th day of October 2022
Nigel Murray Assistant Secretary MBS Policy and Specialist Services Branch Department of Health
ATTACHMENT - STATEMENT OF REASONS
Health Insurance Act 1973 Class Order under Subsection 6(1)
ORDER NO: 819
DATE OF ORDER: 18 October 2022
RELATED ORDER: N/A
NAME OF PERSON/GROUP: Ukrainian nationals (including their non-Ukrainian immediate family members) who are holders of Bridging Visa E (Subclass 050 and Subclass 051) as part of the Australian Government's response to provide additional assistance to Ukraine following the invasion by Russia.
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