Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2019A00070:clause:1_124zw
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2019A00070
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 124ZW
Character Range: 26837–28711

124ZW  Effect of opting in to the Bonded Medical Program—MRBS participants
 (1) If:
 (a) a person is a party to a contract with the Commonwealth (as represented by the Department) for a Medical Rural Bonded Scholarship (an MRBS participant), including a contract as varied; and
 (b) the person advises the Department, in writing, that:
 (i) the person wishes to opt in to the Bonded Medical Program, as mentioned in section 124ZU; and
 (ii) the person voluntarily agrees to participate in the Program using a web portal maintained by the Department; and
 (c) the Secretary agrees, in writing, to the person's participation in the Program;
then:
 (d) on the day the person becomes a bonded participant, the person's contract ceases; and
 (e) on and after that day, the person is subject to the provisions of this Part.
 (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(e):
 (a) the 3 year return of service obligation period is to be reduced by prior service completed in accordance with the provisions of the person's contract; and
 (b) for the purposes of subparagraph 124ZH(2)(b)(i), the Commonwealth funded scholarship provided to the person is the scholarship amounts (as defined by the contract) paid to the person by the Commonwealth under the contract; and
 (c) paragraph 124ZG(1)(a) applies only if the person has not, on the day the person becomes a bonded participant, completed their course of study in medicine at an Australian university.
 (3) To avoid doubt, nothing in this Part affects the application of section 19ABA in relation to a person if the person breached their contract before the day the Secretary agreed, in writing, to the person's participation in the Bonded Medical Program, even if the breach is identified on or after that day.

[Minister's second reading speech made in—
Senate on 11 September 2019
House of Representatives on 4 July 2019]

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