Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Marine Act 1988 - SECT 33A

Avoidance of certain provisions in contracts of insurance

33A. Avoidance of certain provisions in contracts of insurance





(1) Any covenant, term, condition, or other provision of a contract or other
agreement is void to the extent that it purports to exclude or limit the
liability of an insurer under a contract of insurance in the event of the
person in charge of a vessel having a concentration of alcohol present in his
or her breath or blood as indicated by an analysis of his or her breath or
blood of not more than ×05 grams per 210 litres of exhaled air or 100
millilitres of blood (as the case requires).



(2) Subsection (1) applies to a contract of insurance whether entered into
before or after the commencement of section 11 of the Marine (Amendment) Act
1993.

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