13. Conditions for medical practitioners

(1) The conditions with which an eligible member must comply for a premium period are:

(a) the member has consented to the contractor receiving payments, if any, under this Scheme on behalf of the member; and

(b) the member has given to the contractor or the Chief Executive Medicare the information requested by the contractor or the Chief Executive Medicare in the form and within the period of time required by the contractor or the Chief Executive Medicare; and

Note The Chief Executive Medicare may request information under section 44 of the Act.

(e) the member has paid the contractor an amount that equals the amount of the premium less the subsidy determined in accordance with section 18; and

(f) the member has paid to a contractor (whether or not the member’s contract of insurance is still with that contractor), on demand of the contractor, the full amount of any subsidy paid to the contractor which the contractor has repaid, or is required to repay, to the Chief Executive Medicare under this Scheme for any premium period.

Part 4 Calculating the amount of subsidy