CTHIn ForceAct
Medical Indemnity Act 2002
34ZUChief Executive Medicare must be notified of a person ceasing to be covered by the run‑off cover indemnity scheme
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 34ZU
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Medical Indemnity Act 2002.
#### 34ZU Chief Executive Medicare must be notified of a person ceasing to be covered by the run‑off cover indemnity scheme
(1) If:
(a) a person ceases to be a person to whom subsection 34ZB(2) applies; and
(b) immediately before the cessation, an MDO or medical indemnity insurer was providing medical indemnity cover (within the meaning of the Medical Indemnity (Prudential Supervision and Product Standards) Act 2003) to the person;
the MDO or medical indemnity insurer must notify the Chief Executive Medicare of the cessation.
> Note: Failure to notify is an offence (see section 46).
(2) The notification must:
(a) be in writing; and
(b) set out details of the cessation; and
(c) be given to the Chief Executive Medicare within a period, starting on the day after the day on which the person becomes aware of the cessation, of:
(i) 61 days; or
(ii) such greater number of days specified in the rules.