Midwife Professional Indemnity (Commonwealth Contribution) Scheme Amendment (Eligible Midwives) Rules 2019 (Cth)

Midwife Professional Indemnity (Commonwealth Contribution) Scheme Amendment (Eligible Midwives) Rules 2019

I, Greg Hunt, Minister for Health, make the following Rules.

Dated 6 November 2019

Greg Hunt

Minister for Health

1Name

This instrument is the Midwife Professional Indemnity (Commonwealth Contribution) Scheme Amendment (Eligible Midwives) Rules 2019.

2Commencement

(1)

Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. The whole of these Rules	1 July 2010	1 July 2010

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

1. (2)

   Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3Authority

This instrument is made under section 90 of the Midwife Professional Indemnity (Commonwealth Contribution) Scheme Act 2010.

4Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Midwife Professional Indemnity (Commonwealth Contribution) Scheme Rules 2010

1

After rule 4

Insert:

5AA.Exclusion from the term eligible midwife (1 July 2010 to 1 July 2020)

(1) This rule takes effect on 1 July 2010 and ceases to have effect on 1 July 2020.

(2) For paragraph (c) of the definition of eligible midwife in subsection 5(1) of the Act, the class of persons described in subrule (3) is specified.

(3) The class of persons is those persons who meet the following criteria:

(a) the person is engaged as an employee to practise as a midwife;

(b) the person’s practice is not in a class of practice specified pursuant to subsection 11(3A) of the Act;

(c) the person’s employer is a party to a contract of insurance, with an eligible insurer, that indemnifies the employer in relation to claims that may be made against the employer in relation to incidents that occur or occurred in the course of, or in connection with, the practice by employees of the employer, including the person, of the profession of midwifery.