30. Failure to make application or provide information

If a contractor which has been paid an advance subsidy on behalf of a member for a premium period does not make an application under section 31 or cannot do so because the member (other than a member with a MISS entitlement or a rural procedural general practitioner) has not provided the statutory declaration referred to in subsection 29 (1):

(a) the amount of advance subsidy paid under this Part for that member for that period is taken to have been incorrectly paid; and

(b) the amount incorrectly paid is a debt due from the contractor to the Commonwealth; and

(c) the member must pay the full amount of the premium for that premium period to the contractor.

Note If a PSS contract is no longer in force, the former contractor must still comply with this requirement – see section 39.

Part 6 Final determination of subsidy