Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00534:section:34zc
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00534
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 34ZC
Character Range: 127985–129957

34ZC  Circumstances in which run‑off cover indemnities are payable
 (1) A run‑off cover indemnity is payable to an MDO or a medical indemnity insurer under this section if:
 (a) an eligible run‑off claim is made that relates to an incident, or a series of related incidents, that occurred in the course of, or in connection with, a person's practice as a medical practitioner; and
 (ab) at the time the claim is first notified to the MDO or medical indemnity insurer, the person is a person to whom subsection 34ZB(2) applies; and
 (b) in the case of an MDO—the MDO makes, or is able to make, a payment in relation to the claim:
 (i) under an arrangement, with the MDO or someone else, under which the MDO is able to indemnify the person in relation to claims made by or against the person while he or she is a person to whom subsection 34ZB(2) applies; and
 (ii) in the ordinary course of the MDO's business; and
 (c) in the case of a medical indemnity insurer—the insurer makes, or is liable to make, a payment in relation to the claim under a contract of insurance under which the insurer is liable to indemnify the person in relation to claims made by or against the person while he or she is a person to whom subsection 34ZB(2) applies; and
 (d) the MDO or medical indemnity insurer was first notified of the claim, or of facts that might give rise to the claim on or after 1 July 2004; and
 (e) the MDO or medical indemnity insurer applies to the Chief Executive Medicare for the run‑off cover indemnity in accordance with section 36.
 (2) Paragraph (1)(c) does not apply to a payment that a medical indemnity insurer makes or is liable to make unless the payment is or would be made:
 (a) in relation to a claim made in relation to medical indemnity cover that section 26A or 26C of the Medical Indemnity (Prudential Supervision and Product Standards) Act 2003 requires the insurer to provide for the person; and
 (b) in the insurer's ordinary course of business.