Commonwealth Numbered Acts

INSURANCE AMENDMENT ACT 1977 No. 31 of 1977 - SECT 39

39. Paragraph 6 of the Schedule to the Principal Act is amended-

(a) by omitting from sub-paragraph (2) the word ''Where'' and substituting the
words ''Subject to sub-paragraph (3B), where''; and

   (b)  by inserting after sub-paragraph (3) the following sub-paragraphs:-

''(3A) Lloyd's may appoint a person (not being a body corporate) to act as the
agent of Lloyd's for the purposes of this Act during all periods when the
agent of Lloyd's appointed under sub-paragraph (1) is absent from Australia
or, for any reason, unable to perform his duties as such an agent.

''(3B) Sub-paragraph (2) does not apply in relation to an absence from
Australia of the agent of Lloyd's appointed under sub-paragraph (1), or to an
inability, for any other reason, of the agent to perform the duties of his
appointment, if a person in Australia is, during the absence or inability,
performing, or available to perform, the duties of the agent in pursuance of
an appointment under sub-paragraph (3A).''.