New South Wales Consolidated Acts

DUTIES ACT 1997 - SECT 233

233 Types of general insurance

(1) For the purpose of charging duty, general insurance is divided into 3 types, Type A insurance, Type B insurance and Type C insurance.

(2)
"Type A insurance" is general insurance other than Type B insurance or Type C insurance.

(2A)
"Type B insurance" is--

(a) motor vehicle insurance, being insurance covering any one or more of the following--

(i) the loss (including the loss by theft) of a motor vehicle,

(ii) damage to a motor vehicle,

(iii) loss of or damage to property by a motor vehicle,

being a motor vehicle within the meaning of the Motor Accident Injuries Act 2017 , or

(b) aviation insurance, being insurance covering any one or more of the following--

(i) the loss (including the loss by theft) of an aircraft,

(ii) damage to aircraft,

(iii) the death of or injury to a person by an aircraft or a thing falling from an aircraft,

(iv) the loss of or damage to property by an aircraft or a thing falling from an aircraft, or

(c) disability income insurance, being insurance effected by a contract of insurance under which an amount is payable in the event of disablement of the insured by accident or sickness, or

(d) occupational indemnity insurance, being insurance covering liability arising out of the provision by a person of professional services or other services, or

(e) hospital and ancillary health benefits insurance, being insurance covering liability incurred in respect of fees or charges for hospital treatment, or for health care ancillary to hospital treatment, if the liability is not covered by a private health insurer within the meaning of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007 of the Commonwealth.

(3)
"Type C insurance" is crop insurance or livestock insurance.

Note--: Crop insurance and livestock insurance are exempt from duty under Part 5, and are not types of general insurance, if the insurance is effected or renewed on or after 1 January 2018.