21UMP support payment exemption (salaried medical practitioners)

21 UMP support payment exemption (salaried medical practitioners)

(1) For subsection 52(4) of the Act, a person is exempt from UMP support payment for a contribution year if: (a) on 1 May 2002 the person was, and on the imposition day for the contribution year the person is, employed by a Commonwealth, State or Territory agency as a salaried medical practitioner; and (b) the person’s medical income (if any) in respect of non‑employment related services rendered by, or on behalf of, the person was less than $5 000 for both: (i) the financial year beginning on 1 July 2001; and (ii) the financial year immediately before the contribution year; and (c) on the imposition day for the contribution year the person is indemnified by a Commonwealth, State or Territory agency in relation to claims for compensation or damages against the person in relation to incidents that occurred in the contribution year in the course of, or in connection with, the practice of a medical profession by the person as a salaried medical practitioner, including professional services rendered by, or on behalf of, the person in respect of which all or a part of the income was paid to the employing agency; and (d) before the payment day for that person for the contribution year, the person gives to the Chief Executive Medicare: (i) a notice in writing from the agency that employed the person on 1 May 2002 stating that the person was employed by that agency as a salaried medical practitioner on that date; and (ii) a notice in writing from the agency that employed the person on the imposition day for the contribution year stating that the person was employed by that agency as a salaried medical practitioner on that date; and (iii) either: (A) a notice in writing from the agency that indemnified the person on the imposition day for the contribution year stating that the person is indemnified by that agency in relation to claims for compensation or damages against the person in relation to incidents of the kind described in paragraph (c); or (B) a notice in writing from the agency that employed the person on the imposition day for the contribution year stating that the person is indemnified by a Commonwealth, State or Territory agency in relation to claims for compensation or damages against the person in relation to incidents of the kind described in paragraph (c); and (iv) a statement from the person to the effect that the person’s medical income (if any) in respect of non‑employment related services rendered by, or on behalf of, the person was less than $5 000 for both: (A) the financial year beginning on 1 July 2001; and (B) the financial year immediately before the contribution year. (1A) A person who does not satisfy the conditions in subregulation (1) for a contribution year, only because the person has not given the documents required by paragraph (1)(d) to the Chief Executive Medicare before the payment day for that person for the contribution year, is taken to have satisfied that condition for the contribution year if the person gives the documents to the Chief Executive Medicare before the end of the period of 6 months starting on that payment day.