Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00534:section:34t
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00534
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 34T
Character Range: 108602–110912

34T  Amounts paid after payment of exceptional claims indemnity
 (1) This section applies if:
 (a) an amount (the actual indemnity amount) of exceptional claims indemnity has been paid in relation to a qualifying liability that relates to a claim made against a person (the practitioner); and
 (b) another amount (not being an amount referred to in subsection (5)) is paid to the practitioner, an insurer or another person in relation to the incident or incidents to which the claim relates, or in relation to one or more other incidents; and
 (c) the other amount was not taken into account in calculating the actual indemnity amount; and
 (d) if the other amount had been so taken into account, a lesser amount (the reduced indemnity amount, which could be zero) of exceptional claims indemnity would have been paid in relation to the liability.
 (2) The amount overpaid is the amount by which the actual indemnity amount exceeds the reduced indemnity amount.
 (3) If the Chief Executive Medicare has given the liable person (see subsection 34R(2)) a notice under subsection 34V(1) in relation to the amount overpaid, the amount is a debt owed to the Commonwealth by the liable person.
Note 1: If the indemnity is or was not dealt with in accordance with whichever of subsections 34Q(3) and (4) applies by the time required by subsection 34Q(5), the whole amount of the indemnity is a debt owed by the recipient, and no amount is recoverable under this section (see subsections 34Q(6) to (8)).
Note 2: If:
(a) the recipient and the practitioner referred to in subsection 34Q(1) are not the same person; and
(b) the practitioner becomes the liable person;
 then (subject to subsection 34R(3)), the recipient ceases to be the liable person, and the amount overpaid must instead be recovered from the practitioner.
 (4) The amount overpaid may be recovered:
 (a) by action by the Chief Executive Medicare against the liable person in a court of competent jurisdiction; or
 (b) under section 42.
 (5) This section does not apply to any of the following:
 (a) an amount paid to an insurer by another insurer under a right of contribution;
 (b) a payment of high cost claim indemnity;
 (ba) a payment of run‑off cover indemnity;
 (c) an amount of a kind specified in the rules for the purposes of this paragraph.