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MIDWIFE PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2011 (NO. 47, 2011) - SCHEDULE 1 Amendments

MIDWIFE PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2011 (NO. 47, 2011) - SCHEDULE 1

Amendments

   

Midwife Professional Indemnity (Commonwealth Contribution) Scheme Act 2010

1  After subsection 11(3)

Insert:

          (3A)  For the purposes of paragraph 11(3)(g), the Rules may specify one or more classes of practice that are taken not to be practice of a kind referred to in that paragraph and, without limiting the way in which a class may be specified, the class may be described by reference to the following:

                     (a)  the ownership or control (however described) of a corporation of which one or more eligible midwives are employees;

                     (b)  the true nature of the class of practice.

          (3B)  To avoid doubt, Rules made for the purposes of subsection (3A) may be expressed to take effect from a date before the Rules are registered under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 .

2  At the end of section 31

Add:

             (6)  For the purposes of paragraph (c) of the definition of private practice as a midwife in subsection (5), the Rules may specify one or more classes of practice that are taken not to be practice of a kind referred to in that paragraph and, without limiting the way in which a class may be specified, the class may be described by reference to the following:

                     (a)  the ownership or control (however described) of a corporation of which one or more eligible midwives are employees;

                     (b)  the true nature of the class of practice.

             (7)  To avoid doubt, Rules made for the purposes of subsection (6) may be expressed to take effect from a date before the Rules are registered under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 .

Midwife Professional Indemnity (Run-off Cover Support Payment) Act 2010

3  Subsection 7(3) (formula)

Repeal the formula, substitute:

4  Application of amendment made by item 3

The amendment made by item 3 applies to each contribution year starting on or after 1 July 2010.