Contents (2001 - 40)
Insurance Protection Tax Act 2001 No 40
Status information

Long title

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Act
2 Commencement
3 Definitions

Part 1A Abolition of tax

3A Abolition of tax—effective 1 July 2011
3B Liabilities not affected
3C Refunds of tax from Policyholders Protection Fund

Part 2 Imposition of tax

Division 1 Insurers

4 Imposition of tax on insurers
5 Annual determination of total amount of tax to be collected from insurers
6 Insurers to notify Chief Commissioner of premium income for preceding financial year
7 Offence for lodging false or misleading particulars
8 Apportionment of tax between insurance companies
9 Premiums
10 Receipt and refund of premiums
11 Reassessment of tax liability of insurers

Division 2 Insured persons

11A Liability of certain insured persons

Division 3 Apportionment of premiums

12 Apportionment of premiums between New South Wales and other places
13 Apportionment of premiums between different types of insurance

Part 3 Payment of tax

14 Relationship with Taxation Administration Act 1996
15 Payment of tax by quarterly instalments

Part 3A Policyholders Protection Fund

16 Definitions
16A Declaration of insolvent insurers
16B Policyholders Protection Fund
16C Tax to be paid into Policyholders Protection Fund
16D Application of Policyholders Protection Fund—claims under home building insurance contracts of insolvent insurers
16E Application of Policyholders Protection Fund—claims under third-party motor accident policies of insolvent insurers
16F Repayments to Policyholders Protection Fund
16G Repayments to Policyholders Protection Fund—money recovered from motor accident insolvent insurers and re-insurers
16H Policyholders Protection Fund to reimburse additional money advanced from Consolidated Fund

Part 4 Registration of insurers

17 Insurers must be registered
18 Application for registration
19 Cancellation of registration by Chief Commissioner
20 Cessation of business and cancellation of registration by the insurer
20A Register of insurers

Part 5 Miscellaneous

21 Recovery of tax prohibited
22 Effect on contract of insurance of failure to comply with this Act
23 Proceedings for offences
24 Regulations
25 Review of Act
26 (Repealed)
27 Tax liability for year commencing 1 July 2001
28 Transitional—State Revenue Legislation Further Amendment Act 2005

Historical notes