6Definitions

6 Definitions

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:

(a) Chief Executive Medicare;
(b) claim;
(c) MDO;
(d) medical indemnity insurer;
(e) medical practitioner.

In this instrument:

Act means the Medical Indemnity Act 2002.

advance subsidy means subsidy payable under subsection 26(2).

authorised reviewing officer has the meaning given by section 55.

complying application means an application to the Chief Executive Medicare that:

(a) is made in a form approved by the Chief Executive Medicare; and
(b) is accompanied by the documents and other information (if any) required by the form.

eligible medical practitioner has the meaning given by section 27.

gross indemnity costs has the meaning given by section 34.

GST has the same meaning as in the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999.

medical indemnity provider means:

(a) an MDO; or
(b) a medical indemnity insurer.

membership fee, in relation to a medical indemnity insurer and a medical practitioner, means a fee an MDO associated with the insurer charges the practitioner for services to the practitioner as a member of the MDO.

old scheme means the Premium Support Scheme 2004:

(a) as in force immediately before 1 July 2020; or
(b) as it continues to apply because of section 69.

Note: The Premium Support Scheme 2004 ceased to be in force at the start of 1 July 2020 because of the repeal and substitution of subsection 43(1) of the Act then by the Medical and Midwife Indemnity Legislation Amendment Act 2019. However, section 69 of this instrument provides for that scheme to continue to apply in relation to certain contracts of insurance made before 1 July 2020, so far as they relate to periods starting before 1 July 2020.

original decision has the meaning given by section 55.

practising in a rural area has the meaning given by section 32.