32. Application where advance subsidy not paid

(1) A contractor who has not made an application under Part 5 for payment of an advance subsidy on behalf of an eligible member may apply to the Chief Executive Medicare for payment of a subsidy under this Part on behalf of the eligible member for a premium period beginning on or after 1 January 2004.

(2) Subject to subsection (4), an application cannot be made under this section unless the member has provided, by way of a statutory declaration, to the contractor within 12 months of the end of the premium period to which the subsidy relates, the information as required by the contractor on the member’s actual income (including a zero amount) for the premium period, or, if the member has changed categories during the premium period, for each of the parts of the premium period to which the subsidy relates.

(3) The application must be made within the same timeframes as mentioned in subsection 29 (3).

(4) If a member with a MISS entitlement or a rural procedural general practitioner does not provide the statutory declaration referred to in subsection (2), section 22 applies to that member in calculating the determination of final subsidy.