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State Financial Institutions and Metway Merger Act 1996
sec.71Obligation for existing insurance liabilities
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### sec.71 Obligation for existing insurance liabilities
This section applies only to policies or contracts of insurance or indemnity issued or entered into by SIF, or a wholly-owned subsidiary of SIF, under the Suncorp Act before the Metway amalgamation day.
Subject to subsection (3) , if SIF, or a wholly-owned subsidiary of SIF, becomes liable to pay an amount for a policy or contract of insurance or indemnity mentioned in subsection (1) , the State has the same obligation to pay the amount as it would have had under the Suncorp Act if this Act had not been enacted.
The State’s obligation applies only to the amount that was, on the Metway amalgamation day, the maximum actual or contingent liability of SIF, or a wholly-owned subsidiary of SIF, for a policy or contract of insurance or indemnity mentioned in subsection (1) .
s 71 amd 2010 No. 11 s 105
(sec.71-ssec.1) This section applies only to policies or contracts of insurance or indemnity issued or entered into by SIF, or a wholly-owned subsidiary of SIF, under the Suncorp Act before the Metway amalgamation day.
(sec.71-ssec.2) Subject to subsection (3) , if SIF, or a wholly-owned subsidiary of SIF, becomes liable to pay an amount for a policy or contract of insurance or indemnity mentioned in subsection (1) , the State has the same obligation to pay the amount as it would have had under the Suncorp Act if this Act had not been enacted.
(sec.71-ssec.3) The State’s obligation applies only to the amount that was, on the Metway amalgamation day, the maximum actual or contingent liability of SIF, or a wholly-owned subsidiary of SIF, for a policy or contract of insurance or indemnity mentioned in subsection (1) .