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INSURANCE ACT 1902 - NOTES

- As at 17 July 2009 - Act 49 of 1902

Life, Fire, and Marine Insurance Act 1902

Reprint history (since 1972):

Reprint No 1   13 February 1974  
Reprint No 2   13 February 1979  
Reprint No 3   2 August 1984  
Reprint No 4   10 February 1992  
Reprint No 5   1 April 2003  

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am amended LW legislation website Sch Schedule
Cl clause No number Schs Schedules
Cll clauses p page Sec section
Div Division pp pages Secs sections
Divs Divisions Reg Regulation Subdiv Subdivision
GG Government Gazette Regs Regulations Subdivs Subdivisions
Ins inserted Rep repealed Subst substituted
See also Imperial Acts Application Act 1969, secs 22-28; and Insurance Act 1973 (Commonwealth).

Table of amending instruments

Insurance Act 1902 No 49 (formerly Life, Fire, and Marine Insurance Act 1902). Assented to 25.8.1902. This Act has been amended as follows:

1917 No 23 Life, Fire, and Marine Insurance (Amendment) Act 1917. Assented to 7.11.1917.
1937 No 35 Statute Law Revision Act 1937. Assented to 23.12.1937.
1938 No 21 Life, Fire, and Marine Insurance (Amendment) Act 1938. Assented to 14.11.1938.
1965 No 33 Decimal Currency Act 1965. Assented to 20.12.1965.
Date of commencement of sec 4, 14.2.1966, secs 1 (3), 2 (1) and the Currency Act 1965 (Commonwealth), sec 2 (2).
1974 No 105 Commercial Transactions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1974. Assented to 13.12.1974.
Date of commencement of sec 6, 1.1.1975, sec 2 (3) and GG No 154 of 20.12.1974, p 4950.
1983 No 97 Insurance (Amendment) Act 1983. Assented to 9.11.1983.
Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.4.1984, sec 2 (2) and GG No 42 of 16.3.1984, p 1539.
1986 No 16 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1986. Assented to 1.5.1986.
1987 No 79 Miscellaneous Acts (Workers Compensation) Amendment Act 1987. Assented to 10.6.1987.
Date of commencement of Sch 1, 30.6.1987, sec 2 (2) and GG No 102 of 17.6.1987, p 2944.
No 111 Miscellaneous Acts (Legal Profession) Amendment Act 1987. Assented to 12.6.1987.
Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.1.1988, sec 2 (2) and GG No 199 of 31.12.1987, p 7266.
1991 No 46 Insurance (Amendment) Act 1991. Assented to 11.12.1991.
Date of commencement, 24.1.1992, sec 2 and GG No 12 of 24.1.1992, p 393.
1994 No 95 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1994. Assented to 12.12.1994.
Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2.
1995 No 99 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1995. Assented to 21.12.1995.
Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1).
1999 No 4 Property (Relationships) Legislation Amendment Act 1999. Assented to 7.6.1999.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.14, 28.6.1999, sec 2 and GG No 72 of 25.6.1999, p 4082.
No 31 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1999. Assented to 7.7.1999.
Date of commencement of Sch 5, assent, sec 2 (1).
No 41 Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999. Assented to 8.7.1999.
Date of commencement of Sch 4.6, 5.10.1999, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 10.9.1999, p 8699.
2001 No 34 Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001. Assented to 28.6.2001.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.27, 15.7.2001, sec 2 (1) and Commonwealth Gazette No S 285 of 13.7.2001.
2005 No 98 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2005. Assented to 24.11.2005.
Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (2).
2009 No 56 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009. Assented to 1.7.2009.
Date of commencement of Sch 5, 17.7.2009, sec 2 (1).
This Act has also been amended pursuant to an order under secs 8 (2) and 9 (3) of the Reprints Act 1972 No 48 (formerly Acts Reprinting Act 1972). Order dated 1.2.1979, and published in Gazette No 21 of 9.2.1979, p 640, declaring that the Insurance Act 1902 is an enactment to which sec 8 (2) and sec 9 (3) of the Acts Reprinting Act 1972 apply.

Table of amendments

No reference is made to certain amendments made by the Decimal Currency Act 1965, the Reprints Act 1972, and Schedule 3 (amendments replacing gender-specific language) to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1994.

Sec 1 Am 1938 No 21, sec 2 (b); 1974 No 105, sec 6 (a); 1999 No 31, Sch 5.51.
Sec 2 Am 1995 No 99, Sch 4.
Part 2 Rep 2009 No 56, Sch 5.
Sec 3 Am 1999 No 4, Sch 2.14 [1]. Rep 2009 No 56, Sch 5.
Sec 4 Am 1917 No 23, sec 2. Rep 2009 No 56, Sch 5.
Secs 5-7 Rep 2009 No 56, Sch 5.
Sec 8 Am 1999 No 4, Sch 2.14 [2] [3]. Rep 2009 No 56, Sch 5.
Sec 9 Am 1937 No 35, Second Sch. Rep 2009 No 56, Sch 5.
Sec 10 Am 1999 No 4, Sch 2.14 [4]. Rep 2009 No 56, Sch 5.
Sec 10A Ins 1938 No 21, sec 2 (a). Rep 2009 No 56, Sch 5.
Part 3 (secs 11-13) Rep 2009 No 56, Sch 5.
Part 5A Ins 1991 No 46, sec 3.
Sec 17A Ins 1991 No 46, sec 3. Am 1999 No 41, Sch 4.6.
Part 6 Ins 1974 No 105, sec 6 (b).
Sec 18 Ins 1974 No 105, sec 6 (b).
Secs 18A, 18B Ins 1983 No 97, Sch 1 (1).
Sec 19 Ins 1974 No 105, sec 6 (b).
Sec 20 Ins 1974 No 105, sec 6 (b). Am 1986 No 16, Sch 23; 2001 No 34, Sch 2.27.
Sec 21 Ins 1974 No 105, sec 6 (b). Am 1983 No 97, Sch 1 (2); 1987 No 79, Sch 1; 1987 No 111, Sch 1; 2005 No 98, Sch 3.33.
Sec 22 Ins 1995 No 99, Sch 4.
Sch 1, heading Subst 1995 No 99, Sch 4.
Sch 2 Ins 1995 No 99, Sch 4. Am 1999 No 4, Sch 2.14 [5].


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