Medical Indemnity Act 2002

The Secretary may request a medical indemnity insurer to give the Secretary the following information, in the form requested by the Secretary:

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;

the number of times in a period the insurer required a medical practitioner to pay a risk surcharge;

any other information that relates to the insurer’s obligations under Division 2 and that is specified in the rules.

Failure to comply with the request is an offence (see section 53E).

The request:

must be made in writing; and

may require the information to be verified by statutory declaration; and

must specify the day on or before which the information must be given; and

must contain a statement to the effect that a failure to comply with the request is an offence.