7D. — (1) A registered undertaking or former registered undertaking to which this subsection applies by virtue of subsection (4) shall, not later than 30 days (or such longer period as the Authority may permit in its discretion) after the expiration of each period of 6 months, the first such 6 months period commencing on 1 January 2009, make an information return to the Authority—

(a) in such form as may be prescribed, and

(b) subject to subsections (2) and (5), containing such information concerning the undertaking’s health insurance business or former health insurance business, as the case may be, during the period of 6 months concerned (in this Part referred to as the "relevant period") as may be prescribed.

(2) Subject to F56[subsections (5) and (6)], the information referred to in subsection (1) which may be prescribed includes—

(a) the total number of persons insured, or a class thereof, with the registered undertaking or former registered undertaking concerned during the relevant period,

F55[(b) the total number of persons insured, or a class thereof, in each age group, the gender profile of each age group, and the type of cover of each age group, in respect of the relevant period,]

(c) the total number of persons in each age group, or a class thereof, effecting health insurance contracts during the relevant period,

(d) the in-patient indemnity payments, or a class thereof, made by the registered undertaking or former registered undertaking concerned during the relevant period,

(e) information relating to the health insurance services provided during the relevant period, and

(f) such other information relating to the relevant period, other than personal data, which may reasonably be considered to be information which will enable or assist the Minister or the Authority to perform their respective functions under this Act.

(3) The information concerning a registered undertaking’s or former registered undertaking’s health insurance business or former health insurance business, as the case may be, to be contained in an information return may include information that came into existence before the enactment of this section.

(4) Subsection (1) applies to each undertaking that was a registered undertaking, but not a restricted membership undertaking, for all, or any part of, the period of 6 months concerned.

(5) The references in subsection (1) to health insurance business and former health insurance business shall not include so much of any such business which is comprised of health insurance contracts to which the relevant financial provisions do not apply, and the references to information in that subsection and subsection (2) shall be construed accordingly.]

F57[(6)(a) Where the benefits payable under a type of cover to which an information return relates have materially changed, regulations made under this section may require a registered undertaking or former registered undertaking to which subsection (1) applies to make separate information returns in respect of each material level of benefit.

(b) Regulations made under this section may require a registered undertaking or former registered undertaking to which subsection (1) applies to make separate information returns in respect of the sum of all types of cover to which an information return relates.]