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HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1973 - SECT 106G

Application of Subdivision

  (1)   This Subdivision applies for the purposes of the investigation by a Committee of the provision of services specified in the referral made to the Committee.

  (2)   It is the duty of a Committee to carry out its functions so that its final report is given to the Determining Authority or, if section   106KE or subsection   106L(5) applies, the person under review:

  (a)   unless paragraph   (b) applies--within 6 months after the day on which the referral is received by the Committee; or

  (b)   if, at the request of the Chairperson or, if the Chairperson is not available, at the request of another Committee member, the Director allows a further period not exceeding 3 months or further periods not exceeding 3 months in each case--before the end of the further period or the last of the further periods.

  (3)   If a circumstance specified in column 1 of an item in the following table occurs, the Committee may determine, in writing, that the period of 6 months referred to in paragraph   (2)(a) is extended for a period not exceeding the period specified in column 2 of that item.

 

Extension of period for giving final report

Item

Column 1

Circumstance

Column 2

Period

1

The person under review is unable because of illness to attend a hearing being conducted by the Committee

The period during which the person under review is unable to attend the hearing

2

The person under review is fully disqualified under section   105

The period during which the person under review is fully disqualified under that section

3

A notice is given to a person under subsection   105A(2) and the person fails to comply with a requirement of the notice

The period during which the person to whom the notice is given fails to comply with the requirement

4

The Committee's consideration of the referral is suspended under paragraph   106N(2)(b) or because of an injunction or other court order

The period for which the Committee's consideration of the referral is suspended

  (4)   A determination under subsection   (3) extends the period of 6 months accordingly.

  (4A)   The period of 6 months referred to in paragraph   (2)(a) may be extended under subsection   (3) more than once.

  (5)   Failure to give the final report to the Determining Authority within the period of 6 months, or that period as extended, does not affect the validity of that report.



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