Queensland Consolidated Regulations

FUNERAL BENEFIT BUSINESS REGULATION 2010 - REG 16

16 Defined area

(1) A corporation must ensure that its registered rules define an area (
"defined area" ) in which the corporation will provide a funeral benefit for a contributor or other person entitled to a funeral benefit under an agreement with the corporation.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—1 penalty unit.

(2) A corporation must ensure that its registered rules include provisions to the following effect—

(a) if a contributor or other person for whom or on whose behalf contributions have been made dies in the defined area, the corporation must, if asked by a person and subject to the rules and any terms agreed between the corporation and the contributor, provide a funeral benefit for the deceased person;

(b) the corporation may, by notice approved by and filed with the registrar and published at least twice in a newspaper circulating in the area defined in the notice, notify that the defined area is extended to include the area stated in the notice;

(c) if a contributor or other person for whom or on whose behalf contributions have been made dies outside the defined area, the corporation may, if asked by a person and subject to the rules and any terms agreed between the corporation and the contributor, provide a funeral benefit for the deceased person.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—1 penalty unit.