INSURANCE CONTRACTS ACT 1984 - SECT 20C Warranties of existing facts to be representations

INSURANCE CONTRACTS ACT 1984 - SECT 20C

    A statement with respect to the existence of a state of affairs that is:

  (a)   made in or in connection with a contract of insurance; and

  (b)   made by or attributable to the insured;

does not have effect as a warranty but has effect as though it were a statement made to the insurer by the insured during the negotiations for the contract but before it was entered into.