The following section is inserted after section 7A (inserted by this Act) of the Principal Act:

"7B.

(1) In this section -

'any insured person concerned' means any person who is a party to or named in the health insurance contract referred to in subsection (3) (other than the requester);

'the first-mentioned undertaking' shall be construed in accordance with subsection (2);

'the requester' shall be construed in accordance with subsection (2).

(2) The Minister may by regulations require each registered undertaking ('the first-mentioned undertaking') to furnish to another registered undertaking ('the requester'), if -

(a) the requester needs the statement for the purposes referred to in subsection (3),

(b) the requester makes a request for the statement, and

(c) the information concerned is in the possession of, or may reasonably be procured by, the first-mentioned undertaking,

a statement in writing of -

(i) the period or periods during which any insured person concerned was a party to or named in a health insurance contract effected with the first-mentioned undertaking,