Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission Response) Act 2020 (135 of 2020)

Schedule 2   Insurer avoidance of life insurance contracts, and duty to take reasonable care not to make a misrepresentation

Part 2   Duty to take reasonable care not to make a misrepresentation

Insurance Contracts Act 1984

16   Subsection 28(1)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(1) This section applies if a relevant failure occurs in relation to a contract of general insurance, but does not apply if the insurer would have entered into the contract, for the same premium and on the same terms and conditions, even if the failure had not occurred.


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