67ZAExtension of time to pay—on-time review application

#### 67ZA Extension of time to pay—on-time review application 67ZA Extension of time to pay—on-time review application > > (1) During the period in which an on-time review application is before the Health Secretary— > > > > > (a) the Health Secretary must not issue a debt notice for the ambulance fee (if a debt notice has not yet been issued) or refer the matter to the Chief Commissioner for the making of a debt recovery order, and > > > > > (b) the requirement to pay the ambulance fee is suspended. > > > (2) The period in which an on-time review application is before the Health Secretary is the period starting on (and including) the day on which the application is received by the Health Secretary and ending on (and including) the day on which notice of the outcome of the review application is served on the person charged the ambulance fee. > > > > Note. > > > > Notice served by post is taken to be served on the person 7 days after it is sent, unless the person establishes otherwise. > > > (3) After conducting the review or deciding not to conduct the review, the Health Secretary must change the payment arrangements for the ambulance fee by extending the time for payment of the ambulance fee by at least the number of days in the period in which the application was before the Health Secretary. > > > (4) Subsection (3) does not apply if the Health Secretary decides to revoke the decision to charge the ambulance fee or waive the ambulance fee. > > > (5) In this section— > > > > on-time review application means an application for review of a decision to charge an ambulance fee that is duly made to the Health Secretary and received by the Health Secretary— > > > > > (a) before the issue of a debt notice for the ambulance fee, or > > > > > (b) no later than 7 days after the due date for payment of the ambulance fee specified in a debt notice for the ambulance fee. > > Note. > > If the Health Secretary decides to conduct a review in relation to an application that is not an on-time review application, the Health Secretary may request the Chief Commissioner to suspend debt recovery action in relation to the ambulance fee. > > **s 67ZA:** Ins 2014 No 60, Sch 1 \[4\]. Am 2018 No 11, Sch 3.6 \[12\] \[13\].