Corporations Regulations 2001
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Hide history note[ CCH Note: Pursuant to the Corporations Amendment Regulations 2001 (No 4) (SR 2001 No 319) effective 11 March 2002, Chapter 7 (Securities) comprising reg 7.1.01 - 7.15.01 and Chapter 8 (The futures industry) comprising reg 8.1.01 - 8.7.03 are replaced by a new Chapter 7 (Financial services and markets) comprising reg 7.1.01 - 7.12.01. As the subject matter of the new Chapter 7 relates to the new financial services reform regime, " inserted " has been used in the history notes for each provision, and all references to the former provisions have been removed.]
Modifying legislative instruments: The application of Pt 7.9 is affected by the ASIC Corporations (Disclosure of Fees and Costs) Instrument 2019/1070.
For other legislative instruments or class orders before 1 January 2022 that affect the application of Pt 7.9, please consult the legislative instruments or class orders directly. These are reproduced in the regulatory-resources section of the company-law practice area in CCH iKnowConnect.
For paragraph 1013D(4) (c) of the Act, the more detailed information that must be included in a Product Disclosure Statement that relates to a consumer credit insurance product is:
(a) a brief explanation of the purposes of consumer credit insurance; and
(b) an outline statement of general areas covered by the consumer credit insurance product, or the kind of consumer credit insurance product; and
(c) a statement that it is important that the insured read the Product Disclosure Statement carefully to understand the extent of cover provided by the consumer credit insurance product, and its limitations; and
(d) if all of the following matters apply under the consumer credit insurance product:
(i) a person who applies for, or obtains, consumer credit insurance is not obliged to buy the consumer credit insurance;
(ii) cover is provided under the consumer credit insurance product in respect of losses caused by certain contingencies;
a statement to that effect, accompanied by examples of the contingencies; and
(iii) the extent of loss to the consumer credit insurance product applies is measured by reference to the liability of the insured under the credit agreement to which the consumer credit insurance applies;
(e) a table of the benefit limits applicable under the consumer credit insurance product; and
(f) a statement that the insured:
(i) is required to be truthful; and
(ii) is able to arrange consumer credit insurance through a different insurer; and
(g) a statement of the commission paid or payable in relation to the provision of the consumer credit insurance product. 7.9.16(2) [ ``consumer credit insurance product'']
In this regulation:
consumer credit insurance product
means a general insurance product provided by a class of contracts of insurance that is:
(a) declared, in accordance with the Insurance Contracts Act 1984 to be a class of contracts to which Division 1 of Part V of that Act applies; and
(b) identified as consumer credit insurance as part of that declaration.
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