22Restriction on making settlements

#### 22 Restriction on making settlements (1) The notifiable person must not make a settlement in respect of the claim for compensation unless: (a) the notifiable person has informed the compensable person that the compensable person may be liable to pay amounts under this Act or the Charges Act as a result of the settlement being made; or (b) the Chief Executive Medicare has, within the 6 months prior to the day on which an amount of compensation was fixed under the settlement, given to the notifiable person a notice under section 21 in respect of the claim. (2) For the purposes of this section, payment of an amount into a court is taken to constitute the making of a settlement. (3) Subsection (1) is taken not to have been complied with in relation to the payment of an amount into a court unless, at the time of the payment, the notifiable person lodges with the court a copy of the notice under section 21 in respect of the claim.