{"id":"F2020L00452","name":"Midwife Professional Indemnity (Run-off Cover Support Payment) Rules 2020","slug":"midwife-professional-indemnity-run-off-cover-support-payment-rules-2020","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440449,"registerId":"F2020L00452-fast-fetch-1775956066290","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Midwife Professional Indemnity (Run-off Cover Support Payment) Rules 2020","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nMidwife Professional Indemnity (Run‑off Cover Support Payment) Rules 2020\n\nI, Greg Hunt, Minister for Health, make the following rules.\n\nDated 6 April 2020\n\nGreg Hunt\n\nMinister for Health\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Schedules\n\n5 Definitions\n\n6 Applicable percentage for working out amount of run‑off cover support payment\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nMidwife Professional Indemnity (Run‑off Cover Support Payment) Rules 2010\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Midwife Professional Indemnity (Run-off Cover Support Payment) Rules 2020.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument 1 July 2020. 1 July 2020\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under the Midwife Professional Indemnity (Run‑off Cover Support Payment) Act 2010.\n\n4  Schedules\n\n  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.\n\n5  Definitions\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Midwife Professional Indemnity (Run‑off Cover Support Payment) Act 2010.\n\n6  Applicable percentage for working out amount of run‑off cover support payment\n\n  For the purposes of paragraph 6(2)(b) of the Act, 10% is specified for a contribution year beginning on or after 1 July 2020.\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\n \n\nMidwife Professional Indemnity (Run‑off Cover Support Payment) Rules 2010\n\n1  The whole of the instrument\n\nRepeal the instrument.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not expand or narrow the statutory scheme set out in the Act; it updates the percentage used to compute run‑off cover support payments (s6) and repeals the previous Rules (Schedule 1). Authority remains the same under the Act (s3) and the commencement date is specified (s2)."},"complexity_factors":["Single substantive change: specifies one numeric input (10%) for calculation of payment (s6).","Direct repeal of prior instrument, replacing the 2010 Rules (Schedule 1).","Depends on the Midwife Professional Indemnity (Run‑off Cover Support Payment) Act 2010 for substantive effect and definitions (s3; s5).","Clear, single commencement date (1 July 2020) reduces implementation ambiguity (s2).","No procedural detail or new compliance regimes in this instrument; fiscal impact and allocation mechanics are determined by the Act rather than these Rules."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument sets the percentage used to calculate the Midwife Professional Indemnity run‑off cover support payment at 10% for contribution years beginning on or after 1 July 2020 and repeals the earlier 2010 Rules. It is made by the Minister for Health under the Act and therefore changes the numeric input used to work out payments under the Act, affecting anyone whose entitlement or contribution is determined by that Act."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation maintains its original narrow purpose: setting the applicable percentage for government contributions to run-off cover support payments. The 2020 version simply updates the rate from the previous 2010 rules without expanding the scheme's scope or introducing new policy elements."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument (only 6 substantive sections plus a repeal schedule)","Only 1 defined term ('Act') in the interpretation section","Single operational provision (section 6) containing only a percentage figure (10%) and a date trigger","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act citation","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Straightforward repeal of predecessor instrument without transitional provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This law requires the Australian Government to pay 10% of the cost of run‑off insurance for midwives from 2020–21 onward, replacing the prior 2010 arrangements. It helps retired or ceased midwives afford coverage for past practice and supports insurers offering that cover, reducing financial risk to practitioners while preserving access to compensation for patients."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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