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MEDICAL INDEMNITY ACT 2002 - SECT 34ZZS

Qualifying allied health liabilities

    A person (the practitioner ) has a qualifying allied health liability in relation to a claim made against the person if:

  (a)   one of the following applies:

  (i)   the liability is under a judgment or order of a court in relation to the claim, being a judgment or order that is not stayed and is not subject to appeal;

  (ii)   the liability is under a settlement of the claim that takes the form of a written agreement between the parties to the claim;

  (iii)   the liability is some other kind of liability of the practitioner (for example, a liability to legal costs) that relates to the claim; and

  (b)   the defence of the claim against the practitioner was conducted appropriately up to the time when:

  (i)   if the liability is under a judgment or order of a court--the date on which the judgment or order became a judgment or order that is not stayed and is not subject to appeal; or

  (ii)   if the liability is under a settlement of the claim--the date on which the settlement agreement was entered into; or

  (iii)   if the liability is some other kind of liability--the date on which the liability was incurred; and

  (c)   if the liability is under a settlement of the claim, or is under a consent order made by a court--a legal practitioner has given a statutory declaration certifying that the amount of the liability is reasonable.

Note:   For paragraph   (b), see the definitions of defence and conducted appropriately in subsection   4(1).



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