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INSURANCE CONTRACTS REGULATIONS 2017 (F2017L01658) - REG 25

Prescribed events

             (1)  The following, except in so far as they are excluded by subsection (2), are declared to be prescribed events in relation to a contract referred to in subsection 24(1):

                     (a)  if the contract provides insurance cover (whether the cover is limited or restricted in any way) in respect of the insured person contracting a specified sickness or disease:

                              (i)  the death of the insured person; or

                             (ii)  the total disablement of the insured person from carrying out all the normal duties of his or her usual occupation;

                            being death or disablement that results from the insured person contracting that sickness or disease;

                     (b)  if the contract (not being a contract referred to in paragraph (a)) provides insurance cover (whether the cover is limited or restricted in any way) in respect of the insured person contracting a sickness or disease--the total disablement of the insured person from carrying out all the normal duties of his or her usual occupation, being disablement that results from the person contracting a sickness or disease;

                     (c)  the death of the insured person, or the total disablement of the insured person from carrying out all the normal duties of his or her usual occupation, as a result of the insured person sustaining an accidental injury, being death or disablement that occurs within 12 months after the insured person sustains the injury;

                     (d)  the partial disablement of the insured person from carrying out the normal duties of his or her usual occupation as a result of the insured person sustaining an accidental injury, being disablement that occurs within 12 months after the insured person sustains the injury.

             (2)  The following are excluded:

                     (a)  death or disablement that results from:

                              (i)  a deliberately self-inflicted injury; or

                             (ii)  war or warlike activities; or

                            (iii)  the use, existence or escape of nuclear weapons material, or ionising radiation from, or contamination by radioactivity from, any nuclear fuel or nuclear waste from the combustion of nuclear fuel;

                     (b)  death or disablement that results from the insured person:

                              (i)  being under the influence of intoxicating liquor or of a drug, other than a drug taken or administered by or in accordance with the advice of a duly qualified medical practitioner; or

                             (ii)  being addicted to intoxicating liquor or to a drug; or

                            (iii)  taking part in a riot or civil commotion; or

                            (iv)  acting maliciously; or

                             (v)  engaging in professional sporting activities;

                     (c)  death or disablement occurring at a time when the insured person is flying, or engaging in aerial activities, otherwise than as a passenger in an aircraft that is authorised to fly under a law that relates to the safety of aircraft.



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