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#### 101A Claim form
101A Claim form
> > (1) The Authority may approve a form for giving notice of a claim under a contract of insurance.
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> > (2) A claim under a contract of insurance may be made in the approved form but is not required to be made in that form.
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> > (3) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to—
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> > > (a) clauses or matter that must be included in a claim form or a class of claim forms, or
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> > > (b) clauses or matter that must not be included in a claim form or a class of claim forms.
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> > (4) If the regulations require a claim form or class of claim forms to contain a clause in prescribed terms, a claim form of the kind to which the requirement relates is taken to include the clause in the terms prescribed.
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> > (5) An insurer must accept for consideration any claim submitted in the approved form.
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> > (6) Any regulations made under this section do not apply to a claim form in force at the time that the regulations commence.
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> **s 101A:** Ins 2001 No 51, Sch 6 \[19\]. Am 2017 No 28, Sch 1 \[23\].