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MIDWIFE PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY (COMMONWEALTH CONTRIBUTION) SCHEME BILL 2009

                                  2008-2009



               THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA




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 MIDWIFE PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY (COMMONWEALTH CONTRIBUTION) SCHEME BILL 2009










                    SUPPLEMENTARY EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM



             Amendments to be Moved on Behalf of the Government







     (Circulated by the authority of the Minister for Health and Ageing,
                          the Hon. Nicola Roxon MP)
 MIDWIFE PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY (COMMONWEALTH CONTRIBUTION) SCHEME BILL 2009





outline


The amendment to the Bill clarifies that collaborative arrangements with
medical practitioners will be required of eligible midwives.  The details
of these requirements will be specified in subordinate legislation.



Financial impact statement




The amendment to the Bill has no financial impact.





















 MIDWIFE PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY (COMMONWEALTH CONTRIBUTION) SCHEME BILL 2009


NOTES ON CLAUSES

Amendment 1 - Clause 5, page 5 (lines 9 and 10)
Item 1 amends the definition of eligible midwife in clause 5, by
substituting a new paragraph (c), and inserting an additional requirement
that the person will only satisfy this definition in so far as the person
practises midwifery in a collaborative arrangement or collaborative
arrangements of a kind or kinds specified in the rules, being a
collaborative arrangement or arrangements with one or more medical
practitioners of a kind or kinds specified in the rules.