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Medical Indemnity Rules 2020
made under the

Medical Indemnity Act 2002

Compilation No. 5

Compilation date: 1 January 2023

Includes amendments up to: F2022L01677

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Medical Indemnity Rules 2020 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 1 January 2023 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

Uncommenced amendments

The effect of uncommenced amendments is not shown in the text of the compiled law. Any uncommenced amendments affecting the law are accessible on the Legislation Register (www.legislation.gov.au). The details of amendments made up to, but not commenced at, the compilation date are underlined in the endnotes. For more information on any uncommenced amendments, see the series page on the Legislation Register for the compiled law.

Application, saving and transitional provisions for provisions and amendments

If the operation of a provision or amendment of the compiled law is affected by an application, saving or transitional provision that is not included in this compilation, details are included in the endnotes.

Modifications

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Self‑repealing provisions

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Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Name
3 Authority
4 Definitions
Part 2—Commonwealth payments
Division 1—IBNR indemnity scheme
5 Late payment penalty rate for recovery of amount paid to MDO or insurer after IBNR indemnity paid
Division 2—High cost claim indemnity scheme
6 High cost claim threshold
Division 3—Exceptional claims indemnity scheme
7 Circumstances for claim relating to overseas incident to be qualifying claim
Division 4—Run‑off cover indemnity scheme
8 Persons against whom eligible run‑off claims are made
9 Late payment penalty rate for recovery of overpaid run‑off cover indemnity
10 Applicable interest rate for working out total run‑off cover credits
Division 5—Allied health high cost claim indemnity scheme
11 Eligible insurers
12 Allied health high cost claim threshold
Division 6—Allied health exceptional claims indemnity scheme
13 Circumstances for claim relating to overseas incident to be qualifying claim
Part 3—Universal cover obligation
14 Circumstances in which medical indemnity insurer may refuse professional indemnity cover
15 Notice of refusal to enter into contract of insurance for professional indemnity cover
16 Maximum amount of risk