Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsection (2), each of the following constitutes a life policy for the purposes of this Act:
(a) a contract of insurance that provides for the payment of money on the death of a person or on the happening of a contingency dependent on the termination or continuance of human life;
(b) a contract of insurance that is subject to payment of premiums for a term dependent on the termination or continuance of human life;
(c) a contract of insurance that provides for the payment of an annuity for a term dependent on the continuance of human life;
(d) a contract that provides for the payment of an annuity for a term not dependent on the continuance of human life but exceeding the term prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph;
(e) a continuous disability policy;
(f) a contract (whether or not it is a contract of insurance) that constitutes an investment account contract;
(g) a contract (whether or not it is a contract of insurance) that constitutes an investment‑linked contract.
(2) A contract that provides for the payment of money on the death of a person is not a life policy if:
(a) by the terms of the contract, the duration of the contract is to be not more than one year; and
(b) payment is only to be made in the event of:
(i) death by accident; or
(ii) death resulting from a specified sickness.
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