Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01011:reg:6:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01011
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 9157–11879

6  Definitions
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:
(a) Chief Executive Medicare;
(b) claim;
(c) MDO;
(d) medical indemnity insurer;
(e) medical practitioner.
  In this instrument:
Act means the Medical Indemnity Act 2002.
advance subsidy means subsidy payable under subsection 26(2).
authorised reviewing officer has the meaning given by section 55.
complying application means an application to the Chief Executive Medicare that:
 (a) is made in a form approved by the Chief Executive Medicare; and
 (b) is accompanied by the documents and other information (if any) required by the form.
eligible medical practitioner has the meaning given by section 27.
gross indemnity costs has the meaning given by section 34.
GST has the same meaning as in the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999.
medical indemnity provider means:
 (a) an MDO; or
 (b) a medical indemnity insurer.
membership fee, in relation to a medical indemnity insurer and a medical practitioner, means a fee an MDO associated with the insurer charges the practitioner for services to the practitioner as a member of the MDO.
old scheme means the Premium Support Scheme 2004:
 (a) as in force immediately before 1 July 2020; or
 (b) as it continues to apply because of section 69.
Note: The Premium Support Scheme 2004 ceased to be in force at the start of 1 July 2020 because of the repeal and substitution of subsection 43(1) of the Act then by the Medical and Midwife Indemnity Legislation Amendment Act 2019. However, section 69 of this instrument provides for that scheme to continue to apply in relation to certain contracts of insurance made before 1 July 2020, so far as they relate to periods starting before 1 July 2020.
original decision has the meaning given by section 55.
practising in a rural area has the meaning given by section 32.
premium period means a period that is the whole or a part of a premium year.
premium year means:
 (a) for purposes relating to Avant Insurance Limited ACN 003 707 471 and a medical practitioner—a financial year, or a calendar year, for which Avant Insurance Limited collects the premium for a contract of insurance providing professional indemnity cover for the practitioner for all or part of the year; or
 (b) for purposes relating to any other medical indemnity insurer and a medical practitioner—a financial year for which the insurer collects the premium for a contract of insurance providing professional indemnity cover for the practitioner for all or part of the year.
private practice income has the meaning given by section 35.
procedural general practitioner has the meaning given by section 31.
retroactive cover for