Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If the Chief Executive Medicare believes on reasonable grounds that a person is capable of giving information that is relevant to determining:
(a) whether a person is liable to pay a run - off cover support payment; or
(b) the amount of the run - off cover support payment a person is liable to pay; or
(c) whether a person has medical indemnity cover provided by a contract of insurance with a particular medical indemnity insurer; or
(d) whether a person is a member of a particular MDO;
the Chief Executive Medicare may request the person to give the Chief Executive Medicare the information.
Note: Failure to comply with the request is an offence (see section 73).
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), any of the following persons may be requested to provide information under that subsection:
(a) an MDO;
(b) an insurer;
(c) a member, or former member, of an MDO;
(d) the legal personal representative of a person mentioned in paragraph (c).
(3) The request:
(a) must be made in writing; and
(b) must state what information must be given to the Chief Executive Medicare; and
(c) may require the information to be verified by statutory declaration; and
(d) must specify the day on or before which the information must be given; and
(e) must contain a statement to the effect that a failure to comply with the request is an offence.
The day specified under paragraph (d) must be at least 28 days after the day on which the request is made.