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INSURANCE CONTRACTS ACT 1984 - SECT 74 Policy documents to be supplied on request

INSURANCE CONTRACTS ACT 1984 - SECT 74

Policy documents to be supplied on request

  (1)   Where the insured under a contract of insurance so requests in writing given to the insurer, the insurer shall give to the insured a statement in writing that sets out all the provisions of the contract.

Penalty:   300 penalty units.

  (2)   An insurer need not comply with the requirements of subsection   (1) if the insurer has already given to the insured such a statement, whether as required by this Act or otherwise.

Note:   A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in subsection   (2), see subsection   13.3(3) of the Criminal Code .