128Accident insurance

128 Accident insurance S. 128(1) amended by No. 72/2001 s. 3(Sch. item 12.6(a)). (1) An Authority may enter into a contract to insure a member of the Authority or the spouse or domestic partner of a member of the Authority against accidents arising out of or in the course of— (a) in the case of a member, the performance of his or her functions as a member; or S. 128(1)(b) amended by No. 72/2001 s. 3(Sch. item 12.6(a)). (b) in the case of the spouse or domestic partner of a member, accompanying the member in the performance of his or her functions as a member; or (c) in the case of a member, his or her travelling by a reasonably direct route between his or her home and any other place, if the travelling is undertaken solely for the purpose of his or her performing at that other place his or her functions as a member; or S. 128(1)(d) amended by No. 72/2001 s. 3(Sch. item 12.6(a)). (d) in the case of the spouse or domestic partner of a member, travelling with the member in the circumstances described in paragraph (c). S. 128(2) amended by No. 72/2001 s. 3(Sch. item 12.6(a) (b)). (2) If an Authority enters into such a contract with respect to its members or the spouses or domestic partners of its members generally, each member for the time being or his or her spouse or domestic partner must individually be taken to be insured under the terms of the policy in all respects as if he or she had personally entered into a policy of accident insurance on those terms, to have effect for so long as the member concerned remains a member. S. 128(3) amended by Nos 50/1992 s. 10(Sch. item 11.20), 49/1994 s. 4(1)(j). (3) In this section, ***member***, in relation to an Authority, includes member of a committee established by the Authority.