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MEDICAL INDEMNITY ACT 2002 - SECT 34ZD

MDOs and medical indemnity insurers that are Chapter 5 bodies corporate

  (1)   If an MDO is a Chapter   5 body corporate:

  (a)   the reference in paragraph   34ZC(1)(b) to a payment that the MDO is able to make under an arrangement to indemnify a person is a reference to an amount that:

  (i)   the MDO is liable to make under the arrangement to indemnify the person; and

  (ii)   is a provable amount; and

  (b)   the reference in that paragraph to a payment that the MDO is able to make in the ordinary course of the MDO's business is a reference to an amount that the MDO:

  (i)   is liable to pay; and

  (ii)   would be able to pay in the ordinary course of the MDO's business if it were not a Chapter   5 body corporate.

  (2)   If a medical indemnity insurer is a Chapter   5 body corporate, the reference in paragraph   34ZC(1)(c) to a payment that the medical indemnity insurer makes or is liable to make under a contract of insurance to indemnify a person is a reference to an amount that:

  (a)   the medical indemnity insurer pays or is liable to pay under the contract to indemnify the person; and

  (b)   is a provable amount.

  (3)   If a run - off cover indemnity is paid to an MDO or medical indemnity insurer that is a Chapter   5 body corporate, the indemnity is, to the extent to which it is attributable to an amount that the MDO or medical indemnity insurer is liable to pay to a person, paid on trust for the benefit of that person.



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