Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00112:reg:220
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00112
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 220
Character Range: 294441–296107

220  Liability under a contract of insurance
 (1) If:
 (a) a contract of insurance between an insurer and a person relates to:
 (i) the recall of road vehicles or approved road vehicle components that are supplied by the person, or which the person proposes to supply; or
 (ii) the liability of the person with respect to possible defects in such road vehicles or approved road vehicle components; and
 (b) the person gives information relating to any such vehicles or components to:
 (i) the Minister; or
 (ii) a person appointed or engaged under the Public Service Act 1999, or under a corresponding law of a State or a Territory; or
 (iii) an officer of an authority of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory;
the liability of the insurer under the contract is not affected only because the person gave the information.
 (2) In this section:
authority, in relation to a State or a Territory (including an external Territory), means:
 (a) a body corporate established for a purpose of the State or the Territory by or under a law of the State or Territory; or
 (b) an incorporated company in which the State or the Territory, or a body corporate referred to in paragraph (a), has a controlling interest.
authority of the Commonwealth means:
 (a) a body corporate established for a purpose of the Commonwealth by or under a law of the Commonwealth or a law of a Territory; or
 (b) an incorporated company in which the Commonwealth, or a body corporate referred to in paragraph (a), has a controlling interest.
person includes the holder of a road vehicle type approval or a road vehicle component type approval.

Part 9—Miscellaneous

Division 1—Introduction