Federal Register of Legislation
Health ref. no. 820
AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT
HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1973
Health Insurance (Eligible citizens of Malta) Order 2023
I, Daniel McCabe, First Assistant Secretary, Medicare Benefits and Digital Health Division, delegate for the Minister for Health and Aged Care, pursuant to subsection 6(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 ('the Act'), hereby:
(1) REVOKE the Health Insurance (Eligible persons and citizens of Malta) Order 2022, made on 11 March 2022; and
(2) DECLARE that every person included in the class of persons specified in section (3) who, but for this Order, would not be an eligible person for the purposes of the Act shall, for the period from 11 May 2023 until the end of the period of six months after the person's last entry to Australia be treated as having been or as being an eligible person for the purposes of the Act.
(3) The class is each person who:
(a) is a citizen of Malta who is ordinarily resident therein; and
(b) is a holder of a current Maltese passport or a current Identity Card issued under the Identity Card Act 1975, or included as a dependent in any of those documents; and
(c) is not a person who is the holder of a student visa under the Migration Act 1958 and its Regulations; and
(d) is lawfully present in Australia.
(4) This Order shall have effect from 11 May 2023
Dated this day of 11 May 2023
Daniel McCabe First Assistant Secretary Medicare Benefits and Digital Health Division Health Resourcing Group Department of Health and Aged Care
ATTACHMENT – STATEMENT OF REASONS
Health Insurance Act 1973
Class Order under Subsection 6(1)
Health Insurance (Eligible citizens of Malta) Order 2023
ORDER NO: 820
DATE OF ORDER: 11 May 2023
RELATED ORDERS: 796, 810, 813, 816
NAME OF PERSON OR GROUP: Maltese citizens
REASONS FOR APPROVAL:
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