Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2019A00070:clause:1_124zv
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2019A00070
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 124ZV
Character Range: 25327–26837

124ZV  Effect of opting in to the Bonded Medical Program—BMP participants
 (1) If:
 (a) a person is a party to a deed of agreement with the Commonwealth (as represented by the Department) for funding of a place in the Bonded Medical Places Scheme (a BMP participant), including a deed of agreement 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 deed of agreement 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 deed of agreement; and
 (b) if the person entered into the deed of agreement during the period beginning on 1 January 2016 and ending on 31 December 2019, then, for the purposes of section 124ZF, a reference to "3 years" is to be read as a reference to "12 months"; 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.