Corporations Regulations 2001

CHAPTER 7 - FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS  

PART 7.1 - PRELIMINARY  

Division 2 - Retail clients and wholesale clients  

REGULATION 7.1.17   MEANING OF RETAIL CLIENT AND WHOLESALE CLIENT : PERSONAL AND DOMESTIC PROPERTY INSURANCE PRODUCT  

7.1.17(1)    


For subparagraph 761G(5) (b)(vii) of the Act, a personal and domestic property insurance product is a contract or part of a contract that provides insurance cover (whether or not the cover is limited or restricted in any way) in respect of loss or damage to property that is:


(a) wholly or predominantly used for personal, domestic or household purposes by:


(i) the insured; or

(ii) a relative of the insured; or

(iii) any person with whom the insured resides; and


(b) ordinarily used for that purpose.


7.1.17(2)    
A personal and domestic property insurance product does not include:


(a) insurance to or in relation to which the Marine Insurance Act 1909 applies; or


(b) insurance entered into, or proposed to be entered into, for the purposes of a law (including a law of a State or Territory) that relates to:


(i) workers ' compensation; or

(ii) compulsory third party compensation.

7.1.17(3)    


In this regulation:

property
includes any of the following:


(a) moveables;


(b) valuables;


(c) a caravan or mobile home;


(d) an on-site mobile home;


(e) a trailer;


(f) a marine pleasure craft;


(g) a horse;


(h) a domestic pet;


(i) a mobile phone.

relative
means any of the following relatives of an insured person:


(a) mother;


(b) step-mother;


(c) father;


(d) step-father;


(e) brother;


(f) half-brother;


(g) sister;


(h) half-sister;


(i) spouse (including de facto spouse);


(j) son;


(k) step-son;


(l) adopted son;


(m) daughter;


(n) step-daughter;


(o) adopted daughter;


(p) grandparent;


(q) grandchild;


(r) nephew;


(s) niece;


(t) uncle;


(u) aunt;


(v) mother-in-law;


(w) father-in-law.


7.1.17(4)    


For paragraph (1)(a), property is taken to be wholly or predominantly used for personal, domestic or household purposes if the insured gives the insurer a statement, before the insurance product is issued, that the property is intended to be used wholly or predominantly for 1 or more of those purposes.

 

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