Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00789:section:8:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00789
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Provision Reference: s 8 (pt 2/4)
Character Range: 13644–16485

the Health and Other Services (Compensation) Act 1995.
 (6) Subject to subsections (7) and (8), and section 37 of the Health and Other Services (Compensation) Act 1995, this section does not apply if:
 (a) the notifiable person in relation to the claim for compensation concerned has entered into a bulk payment agreement with the Chief Executive Medicare; and
 (b) the notifiable person has complied with all the conditions of the bulk payment agreement; and
 (c) an amount of compensation is fixed under the judgment or settlement during the period of the bulk payment agreement; and
 (d) the judgment or settlement determines all the outstanding liability of the compensation payer in relation to the claim.
 (7) Subsection (6) does not apply in relation to a judgment or settlement of a kind referred to in that subsection if:
 (a) an amount of compensation was fixed under the judgment or settlement during the period of the bulk payment agreement; and
 (b) at the time the judgment or settlement was made, it purported to determine all the outstanding liability of the compensation payer in relation to the claim; and
 (c) another judgment or settlement in respect of the claim is made after the end of the period of the bulk payment agreement.
 (8) Subsection (6) does not affect the validity of a payment of money pursuant to a notice under section 24 of the Health and Other Services (Compensation) Act 1995 if the payment occurred before the amount of compensation was fixed under the judgment or settlement referred to in that subsection.
 (9) This section does not apply if:
 (b) the amount of compensation fixed by the judgment or settlement is a small amount; and
 (c) the amount of compensation so fixed is the entire amount of compensation for the injury to which the claim relates.
Note: For small amount see section 38 of the Health and Other Services (Compensation) Act 1995.

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