67Rejecting liability

67 Rejecting liability (1) If a relevant insurer gives an applicant a rejection notice, liability for the application is taken to have been rejected on the day the relevant insurer gives the notice to the applicant. Note For how documents may be given, see the Legislation Act, pt 19.5. (2) If the relevant insurer rejects liability for defined benefits for any of the following reasons, the relevant insurer may recover as a debt from the applicant any amounts paid to the applicant under this part: (a) the applicant was not entitled to defined benefits under either of the following sections when the applicant applied for defined benefits: (i) section 45 (No entitlement—multiple driving offences); (ii) section 48 (No entitlement—serious offences); (b) information in the application is false or misleading; (c) information the applicant gave a doctor or other health practitioner in relation to the applicant’s injury is false or misleading; (d) information the applicant gave the police or a lawyer in relation to the motor accident is false or misleading. (3) This section is subject to section 69 (Transferring application to another insurer).