Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Secretary may request a medical indemnity insurer to give the Secretary the following information, in the form requested by the Secretary:
(a) the number of times in a period the insurer refused to enter into a contract of insurance with a medical practitioner to provide professional indemnity cover;
(b) the number of times in a period the insurer required a medical practitioner to pay a risk surcharge;
(c) any other information that relates to the insurer's obligations under Division 2 and that is specified in the rules.
Note: Failure to comply with the request is an offence (see section 53E).
(2) The request:
(a) must be made in writing; and
(b) may require the information to be verified by statutory declaration; and
(c) must specify the day on or before which the information must be given; and
(d) must contain a statement to the effect that a failure to comply with the request is an offence.
The day specified under paragraph (c) must be at least 28 days after the day on which the request is made.