The Private Medical Insurance (Disentitlement to Tax Relief and Approved Benefits) Regulations 1994

Other rights

8.—(1) The other rights specified in this regulation which may be conferred by a contract are—

(a)a right in the person making payments in respect of a premium under the contract to terminate the contract before the expiry of the indemnity period and to receive a refund of payments made in respect of the period following termination;

(b)waiver by the insurer of the right to payment of a premium for any period in which the insured is receiving treatment the cost of which is indemnified under the contract;

(c)a right in the person making payments in respect of a premium under the contract to receive a refund of payments made in respect of such a period as is referred to in paragraph (b) above; and

(d)a right in the person making payments in respect of a premium under the contract to enter into a further contract at the end of the indemnity period.

(2) In paragraph (1)(b) above “treatment” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 6(2)(a) above.