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TERRORISM INSURANCE REGULATIONS 2003 2003 NO. 162 - SCHEDULE 1
Exclusions
(regulation 5)
1 A contract that includes provisions of insurance, although
the contract would not ordinarily be regarded as a contract of insurance.
2 A contract of insurance that provides cover (whether or not the cover is
restricted) for:
- (a)
- the destruction of, or damage to, a home building
within the meaning given by regulation 7.1.12 of the
Corporations Regulations 2001 ; or
- (b)
- the loss of, or damage to, the contents of a residential building within
the meaning given by regulation 7.1.13 of the Corporations Regulations 2001 ;
or
- (c)
- any of the following:
- (i)
- financial loss for fares for any form of transport or accommodation to be
used in the course of a specified journey if the insured person does not start
or complete the journey;
- (ii)
- loss or damage to personal belongings while the insured person is on a
specified journey;
- (iii)
- a sickness or disease contracted, or injury sustained, by the insured
person on a specified journey;
- (iv)
- loss, damage or compensation for an event affecting the insured person on
a specified journey that ordinarily forms a part of insurance commonly
regarded as travel insurance, including loss of cash or credit cards, legal
liability, hijack, kidnap or ransom; or
- (d)
- loss or damage to property that is:
- (i)
- wholly or predominantly used for personal, domestic or household purposes
by the insured, a relative of the insured or a person who resides with the
insured; and
- (ii)
- ordinarily used for that purpose.
3 A contract of insurance that provides cover (whether or not the cover is
restricted) for:
- (a)
- contracting a sickness or disease or a specified
sickness or disease, or sustaining an injury or a specified injury, or dying
as a result of the sickness, disease or injury; or
- (b)
- the death, sickness, disease, injury or unemployment of the insured person
if the amount of the liability of the insurer under the contract is worked out
by reference to a liability of the insured person under a specified agreement
to which the insured person is a party.
4 A contract of insurance:
- (a)
- that provides cover to farm business,
including:
- (i)
- producing crops or livestock, including produce derived from the crops or
livestock; or
- (ii)
- the interests of an owner, lessor, lessee or hirer of property used to
produce crops or livestock; and
- (b)
- that does not provide cover for business interruption (insurance known as
increased cost of working cover provided by the farm property cover of a farm
insurance (or farm pack) policy is not taken to be cover for business
interruption).
5 A contract of insurance underwritten by the Commonwealth.
6 A contract of insurance to the extent that it provides cover to the
Commonwealth.
7 A contract of insurance entered into in the course of State insurance or
Territory insurance, including a contract of insurance in which the State or
Territory is a joint insurer with another insurer.
8 A contract of insurance to the extent that it provides cover to:
- (a)
- the
Crown in right of a State, the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern
Territory; or
- (b)
- a Minister of the government of a State, the Australian Capital Territory
or the Northern Territory (in the capacity of a Minister); or
- (c)
- a Department of the government of a State, the Australian Capital
Territory or the Northern Territory; or
- (d)
- a public authority of the Commonwealth, or an instrumentality or agency of
the Crown in right of the Commonwealth (other than a body by which the Crown
carries on a business); or
- (e)
- a public authority of a State, or an instrumentality or agency of the
Crown in right of a State (other than a body by which the Crown carries on a
business); or
- (f)
- a public authority of the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern
Territory, or an instrumentality or agency of the Crown in right of the
Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory (other than a body by
which the Crown carries on a business).
9 A contract of insurance in which a registered health benefits organisation
provides cover in relation to its business as a registered organisation within
the meaning of Part VI of the National Health Act 1953 .
10 A contract of professional indemnity insurance.
11 A contract of insurance, including mortgage insurance, in which the insurer
agrees to indemnify the insured against loss in relation to failure by a
debtor to pay a debt due to the insured, but not against any other loss.
12 A life policy within the meaning of section 9 of the Life Insurance Act
1995 .
13 A superannuation contract, for an individual or a group, including a
superannuation policy within the meaning of the Life Insurance Act 1995 .
14 A contract of insurance entered into by the Export Finance and Insurance
Corporation under the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Act 1991 .
15 A contract of insurance commonly known as a trade credit or trade indemnity
policy.
16 A contract of insurance commonly known as a product liability insurance
contract, to the extent that it does not also provide cover for public
liability.
17 A contract of insurance in which the insurer:
- (a)
- indemnifies a business
undertaking against loss resulting from a breakdown of, or malfunction in,
machinery (including electronic equipment) or plant of the business
undertaking, including:
- (i)
- loss in relation to the repair or replacement of the machinery or plant;
or
- (ii)
- any further loss resulting from the breakdown or malfunction; but
- (b)
- does not indemnify the business undertaking for any other kind of loss.
18 A contract of insurance (whether or not the cover is restricted or
extended):
- (a)
- for a motor vehicle (other than moveable machinery or
equipment, used in mining or construction activities, that would not
ordinarily be registered to travel by road); and
- (b)
- for:
- (i)
- loss of, or damage to, the motor vehicle; or
- (ii)
- liability for loss of, or damage to, property caused by or resulting from
impact of the motor vehicle with some other thing; or
- (iii)
- liability for compensation for the death of, or injury to, a person
resulting from the use of the motor vehicle and not covered by compulsory
third party insurance.
19 A contract of marine insurance within the meaning of section 7 of the
Marine Insurance Act 1909 .
20 A contract of insurance for goods in the ordinary course of transit,
including goods that are stored temporarily in the course of the transit.
21 A contract of insurance for pleasure craft within the meaning of
subsection 9A (2) of the Insurance Contracts Act 1984 .
22 A contract of insurance entered into for a law (including a law of a State
or Territory) about:
- (a)
- workers' compensation; or
- (b)
- compensation for the death of a person, or for the injury to a person,
arising out of the use of a motor vehicle, commonly known as compulsory third
party insurance.
23 A contract of aviation insurance, being:
- (a)
- a contract of insurance
(whether or not the cover is limited or restricted) for loss of, damage to or
liability arising in connection with aircraft; or
- (b)
- an aviation liability indemnity contract within the meaning of
subregulation 31 (2) of the Insurance Contracts Regulations 1985 ,
whether or not the indemnity is provided by the Commonwealth or by another
person; or
- (c)
- a contract of insurance to which Part IVA of the Civil Aviation
(Carriers' Liability) Act 1959 applies.
24 Any contract of insurance to the extent to which it provides cover for
nuclear energy risks.
25 A contract of insurance, commonly known as salary continuance insurance,
that provides the beneficiary with an income while he or she remains unable to
work in his or her usual occupation.
26 A contract of insurance (whether or not the cover is limited or restricted)
for loss of, damage to or liability arising in connection with prime movers,
trailers, and rail and tram rolling stock.
27 A financial product, to which paragraph 763A (1) (b) of the
Corporations Act 2001 applies, commonly known as any of the following:
- (a)
- credit wrap product;
- (b)
- residual value bond;
- (c)
- shortfall bond;
- (d)
- rental bond;
- (e)
- payment bond;
- (f)
- credit default derivative;
- (g)
- credit enhancement derivative;
- (h)
- performance guarantee.
28 A contract of insurance that provides cover for liability of a person in
his or her capacity as a director or officer of a corporation, including any
related contract of insurance which provides cover for a corporation in
respect of its liability to indemnify a person in his or her capacity as a
director or officer of that corporation.
29 A contract of insurance that provides cover for liability arising from
employment practices.
30 A contract of insurance that indemnifies a trustee or a trust fund in
relation to a loss or liability incurred by the trustee in the course of
carrying out the trustee's functions in relation to the trust.
31 A contract for bankers' blanket bond insurance.
32 A contract of insurance to the extent that it provides cover for loss
arising from computer crime.
33 A contract of insurance that provides cover only for loss arising from
fraud or dishonesty.
34 A contract of insurance that provides cover for blood stock.
35 A contract of insurance that provides cover only for loss arising from
statutory liability.
36 A contract of insurance, commonly known as group journey cover, that is
taken out by an employer for a work-bound employee who is not covered by a
workers' compensation scheme.
37 A contract of insurance that does not include a terrorism exclusion within
the meaning given by section 8 of the Act.
38 A contract of insurance that provides cover only for loss or liability
arising from terrorism.
39 A contract of insurance that:
- (a)
- would otherwise be an eligible
insurance contract; and
- (b)
- is in effect on 1 July 2003 or comes into effect after 30 June 2003
and before 1 October 2003; and
- (c)
- has a period of insurance of longer than 12 months; and
- (d)
- is not a project-specific contract that has a policy period for the
duration of the project.
40 A contract of insurance commonly known as:
- (a)
- home owners' warranty
insurance; or
- (b)
- builders' warranty insurance.
1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 26 June 2003.