New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MOTOR ACCIDENT INJURIES ACT 2017 - SECT 2.10

2.10 Exclusion of acts of terrorism from insurance coverage

(cf s 15A MACA)

(1) A third-party policy does not extend to insure the owner or driver of a motor vehicle against a liability that is attributable to an act that, having regard to the nature of the act and the context in which the act was done, it is reasonable to characterise as an act of terrorism.

(2) Any lawful activity or any industrial action cannot be characterised as an act of terrorism for the purposes of this section. An act can only be so characterised if it--

(a) causes or threatens to cause death, personal injury or damage to property, and

(b) is designed to influence a government or to intimidate the public or a section of the public, and

(c) is carried out for the purpose of advancing a political, religious, ideological, ethnic or similar cause.

(3) This section is repealed on a date to be appointed by proclamation for the purposes of this section.