Health Care Liability Act 2001
 
HEALTH CARE LIABILITY REGULATION 2007
 
 
- Made under the Health Care Liability Act 2001
 
- As at 1 July 2010
 
- Reg 417 of 2007
 
 
 
 
 

TABLE OF PROVISIONS
 


TABLE OF PROVISIONS

PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
1. Name of Regulation

2. Commencement

3. Definitions

PART 2 - MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS
4. (Repealed)

5. Exemption for limited period after cessation of insurer’s business

PART 3 - (Repealed)
None



 

HEALTH CARE LIABILITY REGULATION 2007
- REG 1
Name of Regulation
 
 
1 Name of Regulation
This Regulation is the Health Care Liability Regulation 2007.
 

HEALTH CARE LIABILITY REGULATION 2007
- REG 2
Commencement
 
 
2 Commencement
This Regulation commences on 1 September 2007.
     Note: This Regulation replaces the Health Care Liability Regulation
     2001, which is repealed on 1 September 2007 by section 10 (2) of the
     Subordinate Legislation Act 1989.
 

HEALTH CARE LIABILITY REGULATION 2007
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Definitions
 
 
3 Definitions
     (1) In this Regulation:
     "approved insurance requirement" means, in relation to a medical
     practitioner, the requirement under section 19 of the Act for the
     medical practitioner to be covered by approved professional indemnity
     insurance.
     "the Act" means the Health Care Liability Act 2001.
     (2) Notes in the text of this Regulation do not form part of this
     Regulation.
 

HEALTH CARE LIABILITY REGULATION 2007
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Exemption for limited period after cessation of insurer’s business
 
 
5 Exemption for limited period after cessation of insurer’s business
     (1) If a medical practitioner ceases to be covered by approved
     professional indemnity insurance as a consequence of the cessation of
     business of the insurer who provided the insurance, the medical
     practitioner is, in accordance with section 19 (4) (b) of the Act,
     exempt from the approved insurance requirement but only for a period
     of no more than 3 months (or such longer period as the Minister may
     specify by order published in the Gazette) immediately following the
     date on which the medical practitioner ceased to be so covered.
     (2) The reference in subclause (1) to the cessation of business of an
     insurer includes a reference to the appointment of a liquidator,
     administrator or controller (within the meaning of the Corporations
     Act 2001 of the Commonwealth) in respect of the insurer’s business.
 

HEALTH CARE LIABILITY REGULATION 2007
- NOTES
 

Historical notes
The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

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Table of amending instrumentsHealth Care Liability Regulation
2007 (417). GG No 108 of 31.8.2007, p 6210. Date of commencement, 1.9.2007, cl
2. This Regulation has been amended as follows:

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