Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00623:section:5:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00623
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 5 (pt 4/4)
Character Range: 18135–19918

any claim relating to the incident if the claim had been made at the time of the notification.
The notification is taken, for the purposes of Part 3, to be a claim against the person.

Indemnifying
 (3) To avoid doubt, a person may, for the purposes of this Act, indemnify someone else by either:
 (a) making a payment; or
 (b) agreeing to make a payment.
Note: A person may indemnify someone else by making a payment even if the payment was not preceded by an agreement to pay.

Payments in relation to claims
 (4) For the purposes of this Act (other than Subdivisions B and C of Division 3 of Part 2 of Chapter 2):
 (a) a payment is made or is payable in relation to a claim against a person if and only if the payment is made or is payable to:
 (i) satisfy or settle the claim; or
 (ii) meet legal and other expenses that are directly attributable to any negotiations, arbitration or proceedings in relation to the claim; and
 (b) a payment is made or is payable in relation to a claim by a person if and only if the payment is made or is payable to meet legal and other expenses that are directly attributable to any negotiations, arbitration or proceedings in relation to the claim.
 (5) A reference in this Act (other than Subdivisions B and C of Division 3 of Part 2 of Chapter 2) to a payment being made to satisfy or settle a claim against a person includes a reference to a payment that:
 (a) is made to reimburse the person for a payment the person has made to satisfy or settle the claim; or
 (b) is made to the person so that the person can make a payment to satisfy or settle the claim.

Eligible midwives
 (6) A reference in Part 3 of Chapter 2 to an eligible midwife includes a reference to a person who has been an eligible midwife.

Division 4—Other general matters