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Queensland
MOTOR ACCIDENT
INSURANCE AMENDMENT
BILL 1999
Queensland
MOTOR ACCIDENT INSURANCE
AMENDMENT BILL 1999
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Amendment of s 4 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Amendment of s 10 (Commission's functions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Replacement of pt 2, div 3 hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6 Amendment of s 12 (Premiums, levies and administration fee) . . . . . . . . . 5
7 Amendment of s 13 (Principles governing levies) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
8 Insertion of new s 13A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
13A Principle governing administration fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
9 Amendment of s 14 (Principles governing insurance premiums) . . . . . . . . 6
10 Amendment of s 15 (Fixing of premiums, levies and
administration fee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
11 Insertion of new s 15A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
15A Minister must publish recommendations in particular
circumstances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
12 Amendment of s 20 (Offence of driving uninsured vehicle etc.) . . . . . . . . . 7
13 Insertion of new s 20A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
20A Temporary gratuitous insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
14 Amendment of s 65 (Industry deed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
15 Insertion of new pt 7, div 1 hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
16 Insertion of new pt 7, div 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Division 2--Provision for Motor Accident Insurance Amendment
Act 1999
107 Regulation for assessment period starting before 30 June 1999 . . . . 9
1999
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994
s1 4 s5
Motor Accident Insurance Amendment
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
title 2
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Motor Accident Insurance Amendment 3
Act 1999. 4
amended 5
Act
Clause 2. This Act amends the Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994. 6
of s 4 (Definitions) 7
Amendment
Clause 3. Section 4-- 8
insert-- 9
` "assessment period" means-- 10
(a) a financial year; or 11
(b) a re-assessed period in a financial year. 12
"re-assessed period" see section 12(2).'. 13
of s 10 (Commission's functions) 14
Amendment
Clause 4. Section 10(1)-- 15
insert-- 16
`(ca) appoint, under the industry deed, a person to arbitrate disputes 17
between 2 or more insurers about a motor vehicle accident claim; 18
and'. 19
of pt 2, div 3 hdg 20
Replacement
Clause 5. Part 2, division 3, heading-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
s6 5 s6
Motor Accident Insurance Amendment
`Division 3--Recommendation and fixing of levies, administration fee 1
and insurance premiums'. 2
of s 12 (Premiums, levies and administration fee) 3
Amendment
Clause 6.(1) Section 12, heading-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`Recommendations about levies, administration fee and premiums'. 6
(2) Section 12(2)-- 7
renumber as section 12(4). 8
(3) Section 12(1)-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`12.(1) The commission must, at least 2 months before the beginning of 11
each financial year, make recommendations to the Minister on the matters 12
mentioned in subsection (3). 13
`(2) The commission may, for a period that is an unexpired part of a 14
financial year (a "re-assessed period"), at least 2 months before the 15
beginning of the period, make recommendations to the Minister on the 16
matters mentioned in subsection (3). 17
`(3) The matters on which recommendations must, or may, be made 18
are-- 19
(a) the rate for the assessment period of-- 20
(i) the statutory insurance scheme levy; and 21
(ii) the hospital and emergency services levy; and 22
(iii) the Nominal Defendant levy; and 23
(iv) the administration fee; and 24
(b) the amount of the premiums to be paid for CTP insurance 25
policies for the assessment period.'. 26
s7 6 s 10
Motor Accident Insurance Amendment
of s 13 (Principles governing levies) 1
Amendment
Clause 7. Section 13(1)(a)(i) and (c)(i), `financial year'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`assessment period'. 4
of new s 13A 5
Insertion
Clause 8. After section 13-- 6
insert-- 7
governing administration fee 8
`Principle
`13A. The administration fee is to be fixed for CTP insurance policies 9
according to the term for which the policies remain in force.'. 10
of s 14 (Principles governing insurance premiums) 11
Amendment
Clause 9. Section 14(1), `a financial year'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`an assessment period'. 14
of s 15 (Fixing of premiums, levies and administration 15
Amendment
fee) 16
Clause 10.(1) Section 15, heading-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`Fixing of levies, administration fee and premiums'. 19
(2) Section 15(1) to (3)-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`15.(1) The levies, administration fee and insurance premiums are to be 22
fixed by regulation. 23
`(2) The regulation should, if practicable, be made at least 2 months 24
before the beginning of the assessment period to which the levies, 25
administration fee and premiums relate. 26
s 11 7 s 13
Motor Accident Insurance Amendment
`(3) If the regulation is not made at least 2 months before the beginning 1
of the assessment period to which the levies, administration fee and 2
premiums relate-- 3
(a) the regulation commences 2 months after it is notified in the 4
gazette; and 5
(b) the operation of the regulation fixing the levies, administration fee 6
and premiums for the previous assessment period is extended 7
until the later regulation commences.'. 8
of new s 15A 9
Insertion
Clause 11. Part 2, division 3, after section 15-- 10
insert-- 11
must publish recommendations in particular circumstances 12
`Minister
`15A.(1) This section applies if-- 13
(a) the commission has made recommendations to the Minister 14
under section 12 on the levies, administration fee and premiums 15
for an assessment period; and 16
(b) a regulation under section 15(1) for the period is not made at least 17
2 months before the beginning of the period. 18
`(2) The Minister must, at least 2 months before the beginning of the 19
period, publish the recommendations in the gazette.'. 20
of s 20 (Offence of driving uninsured vehicle etc.) 21
Amendment
Clause 12. Section 20-- 22
insert-- 23
`(5) Also, this section does not apply to a motor vehicle to which a 24
gratuitous CTP insurance policy under section 20A(2) relates.'. 25
of new s 20A 26
Insertion
Clause 13. Part 3, division 1, after section 20-- 27
insert-- 28
s 14 8 s 16
Motor Accident Insurance Amendment
gratuitous insurance 1
`Temporary
`20A.(1) This section applies if a person has been issued a permit under 2
the Transport Infrastructure (Roads) Regulation 1991, section 44A,1 3
authorising the use of an unregistered motor vehicle on roads. 4
`(2) A gratuitous CTP insurance policy in terms of the schedule under 5
which the Nominal Defendant is the insurer is taken to be in force for the 6
motor vehicle while the permit is in force. 7
`(3) However, subsection (2) does not apply for any period when a CTP 8
insurance policy is otherwise in force for the motor vehicle while the permit 9
is in force.'. 10
of s 65 (Industry deed) 11
Amendment
Clause 14. Section 65(2)-- 12
insert-- 13
`(ba)provide for the appointment of a person to arbitrate disputes 14
between 2 or more insurers about a motor vehicle accident claim; 15
and'. 16
of new pt 7, div 1 hdg 17
Insertion
Clause 15. Part 7, before section 102-- 18
insert-- 19
`Division 1--Provisions for Act before commencement of Motor 20
Accident Insurance Amendment Act 1999'. 21
of new pt 7, div 2 22
Insertion
Clause 16. After section 106-- 23
insert-- 24
`Division 2--Provision for Motor Accident Insurance Amendment 25
´
Act 1999 26
1 Section 44A (Permit to use intercepted unregistered vehicle on road)
s 16 9 s 16
Motor Accident Insurance Amendment
for assessment period starting before 30 June 1999 1
`Regulation
`107.(1) Section 15(2) to (4) does not apply to a regulation under 2
section 15(1) fixing the levies, administration fee and insurance premiums 3
for an assessment period starting before 30 June 1999. 4
`(2) A regulation mentioned in subsection (1) is valid even though no 5
recommendations are made to the Minister under section 12(2) for the 6
assessment period to which the regulation relates.'. 7
8
© State of Queensland 1999
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