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Australian Government

Defence Service Homes Insurance Scheme (Statement of Conditions) Variation 2019

Instrument 2019 No. M27

I, Mark Cormack, delegate for the Minister for Veterans and Defence Personnel, under section 38A of the Defence Service Homes Act 1918, by this notice to the Secretary of the Department of Veterans' Affairs, make the following variations to the Statement of Conditions.

Dated this        24th                day of          June                2019.

Mark Cormack

MARK CORMACK
Deputy Secretary Policy and Programs
Delegate for the Minister for Veterans and Defence Personnel

1 Name

   This instrument is the Defence Service Homes Insurance Scheme (Statement of Conditions) Variation 2019.

2 Commencement

   This instrument commences on 1 July 2019.

3 Authority

   This instrument is made under section 38A of the Defence Service Homes Act 1918.

4 Revocation
   The Defence Service Homes Insurance Scheme (Statement of Conditions) Variation 2016 (F2016L00553) is revoked.

5 Saving

   If:

     (a)     immediately before the commencement of this instrument, a person had a right to a payment under the Statement of Conditions in force under the Defence Service Homes Act 1918; and

     (b)     on the commencement of this instrument the payment had not been made;

   the right to the payment continues on and after the commencement of this instrument until the payment is made.

   Note: Subsection 38A(4) of the Defence Service Homes Act 1918 provides that the Minister must not vary the Statement of Conditions so as to remove the right of a person to receive a payment to which the person had become entitled before the variation.

6 Schedule

   On and after the commencement of this instrument, the Statement of Conditions set out in the Schedule applies for the purposes of Part VI of the Defence Service Homes Act 1918.

Schedule

STATEMENT OF CONDITIONS

PART 1 LOSS OR DAMAGE TO YOUR HOME

The events we insure you for
We only insure you if the loss or damage to the home:
       * is caused by one or more of the 13 events we list below,
       * happens in the period of insurance, and
       * is not excluded either by the specific exclusions we list in this section under 'What we do not insure you for', any of the General Exclusions we list in Part 7, or any exclusions listed on your certificate.

1 Fire
What we insure you for
We insure you for loss or damage to the home caused by fire (including bushfire).
What we do not insure you for
We do not insure you for loss or damage to the home that is caused by burning or heat, if that happens without flames.

2 Explosion
What we insure you for
We insure you for loss or damage to the home caused by explosion.

3 Lightning