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INSURANCE CONTRACTS REGULATIONS 2017 (F2017L01658) - REG 13

Insurer's obligation to provide Key Facts Sheet

             (1)  This section is made for the purposes of section 33C of the Act.

             (2)  An insurer must provide a person (a consumer ) with a Key Facts Sheet for a prescribed contract, or a potential prescribed contract, as soon as reasonably practicable but not later than 14 days, after:

                     (a)  if the consumer requests information about the contract--the consumer first requests information about the contract; or

                     (b)  if the consumer enters into the contract with the insurer (other than by an agreement to extend or vary the contract or a reinstatement of the contract)--the consumer enters into the contract.

             (3)  The insurer may provide the Key Facts Sheet by electronic means at the consumer's request.

             (4)  If an insurer has a website that is accessible by members of the public, the insurer must keep the most current copy of each Key Facts Sheet for a prescribed contract on the website, in a format that may be downloaded by members of the public.

             (5)  An insurer is not required to provide a consumer with a Key Facts Sheet for a prescribed contract or a potential prescribed contract:

                     (a)  if:

                              (i)  the insurer has already provided the consumer with the Key Facts Sheet; and

                             (ii)  the Key Facts Sheet has not changed since then, other than a change to the date of the Key Facts Sheet; or

                     (b)  if:

                              (i)  the insurer reasonably believes that someone else has already provided the consumer with the Key Facts Sheet; and

                             (ii)  the Key Facts Sheet has not changed since then, other than a change to the date of the Key Facts Sheet; or

                     (c)  if the consumer:

                              (i)  requests information about the contract from an insurance broker; or

                             (ii)  enters into the contract through an insurance broker who is not acting as an agent of the insurer in relation to the contract; or

                     (d)  if the consumer does not provide the insurer with the consumer's address (postal or electronic) to which the Key Facts Sheet is to be sent; or

                     (e)  if the consumer informs the insurer that the consumer does not want the Key Facts Sheet.



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