Medical and Midwife Indemnity Legislation Amendment Act 2019 (105 of 2019)

Schedule 4   Instruments

Part 1   Amendments

Medical Indemnity Act 2002

116   Subsections 39(2) to (4)

Repeal the subsections, substitute:

Records to be retained for certain period

(2) The records must be retained for a period of 5 years (or any other period specified in the rules) starting on the day on which the records were created.

Note: Failure to retain the records is an offence (see section 47).

Rules regarding additional matters

(3) Rules made for the purposes of paragraph (1)(d) or (1A)(b) must not commence earlier than 14 days after the day on which the rules are registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.