Queensland Consolidated Acts

ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION ACT 1981 - SECT 70

70 Public liability insurance generally

(1) The management committee of an incorporated association must, at least annually, consider whether there is a need for the incorporated association to take out public liability insurance.

(2) The management committee must report its decision about the need for public liability insurance for the association to the association’s members at the association’s next annual general meeting.

(3) If the management committee decides there is no need to take out public liability insurance, the committee must, at the annual general meeting—

(a) give the association’s members reasons for the committee’s decision; and

(b) advise the members that the failure to take out public liability insurance means that the association’s assets would be at risk if there were a successful claim against the association.

(4) The management committee must ensure that—

(a) as soon as practicable after a person applies to become, but before the person becomes, a member of the association, the person is advised—

(i) whether or not the association has public liability insurance; and

(ii) if the association has public liability insurance—the amount of the insurance; and

(b) before a person is elected or appointed as a member of the association’s management committee, the person is advised—

(i) whether or not the association has public liability insurance; and

(ii) if the association has public liability insurance—the amount of the insurance.

(5) The management committee must ensure that any person or entity with whom the association may have dealings, and which could be expected to have an interest in knowing whether or not the association has public liability insurance, is advised if the association does not have public liability insurance.

(6) This section is subject to section 70A .

Note—

This section imposes obligations on a management committee but does not impose any criminal penalties in relation to breaches of those obligations.