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33CInsurer’s obligation to provide Key Facts Sheet
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#### 33C Insurer’s obligation to provide Key Facts Sheet
(1) An insurer must provide a Key Facts Sheet for a prescribed contract, or a potential prescribed contract, in the circumstances, and in the manner, prescribed by the regulations.
Civil penalty: 5,000 penalty units.
(2) Regulations made for the purposes of subsection (1) may prescribe circumstances in which a Key Facts Sheet may or must be provided by electronic means. The regulations have effect despite subsection 77(1).
(3) The regulations may prescribe exceptions to the requirement in subsection (1).
> Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to a matter prescribed for the purposes of subsection (3) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).
(4) The following provisions do not apply in relation to the requirement in subsection (1):
(a) subsection 11(11);
(b) section 69.
Offence
(5) An insurer commits an offence if:
(a) the insurer is subject to a requirement under subsection (1); and
(b) the insurer engages in conduct; and
(c) the conduct contravenes the requirement.
Penalty: 150 penalty units.