Funeral Benefit Business Regulation 2010
sec.16Defined area
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sec.16 Defined area
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. Maximum penalty—1 penalty unit. A corporation must ensure that its registered rules include provisions to the following effect— 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; 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; 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. Maximum penalty—1 penalty unit. (sec.16-ssec.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. Maximum penalty—1 penalty unit. (sec.16-ssec.2) A corporation must ensure that its registered rules include provisions to the following effect— 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; 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; 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. Maximum penalty—1 penalty unit.
- (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;