Earthquake Commission Act 1993

Reprint as at 1 April 2008

Earthquake Commission Act 1993

Public Act1993 No 84
Date of assent10 August 1993
Commencementsee section 1(2)
Note

Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.

This Act is administered by the Earthquake Commission.

Contents

Title

1 Short Title and commencement

2 Interpretation

3 Act to bind the Crown

Part 1
Earthquake Commission

4 Earthquake Commission

4A Crown Entities Act 2004 to apply

4B Membership of Commission's board

5 Functions of Commission

6 Powers of Commission [Repealed]

7 Capital of Commission

8 Commission to be Crown entity [Repealed]

9 Minister may determine dividend

10 Exemption from income tax

11 Auditor-General to be auditor of Commission

12 Directions by Minister

13 Natural Disaster Fund

14 Money payable into Fund

15 Money payable out of Fund

16 Deficiency in Fund

17 Fees payable to Crown by Commission

Part 2
Insurance of residential property against natural disaster

Insurance

18 Residential buildings

19 Residential land

20 Personal property

21 Property not insured under this Act

22 Voluntary insurance against natural disaster damage

Premiums

23 Premiums payable to Commission

24 Payment of premiums by insurance companies

25 Secrecy of information

26 Insurance companies to keep records

Conditions of insurance

27 Conditions of insurance in Schedule 3

28 Certificates of certain events to be registered against land

29 Settlement of claims

30 Insurance otherwise than under this Act

31 Application of conditions in other documents

Part 3
Miscellaneous provisions

32 Power to inspect property, obtain information, and enter land

33 Provisions applying in respect of entry

34 Power to issue warrant authorising entry

35 Offences

36 Regulations

37 Transitional provisions relating to staff

38 Amendment to Ombudsmen Act 1975 [Repealed]

39 Repeals and revocations

40 Temporary continuation of existing earthquake and war damage cover

Part 4
Transitional provisions in respect of non-residential property

41 Insurance of non-residential property

Schedule 1
Provisions relating to board

Schedule 2
Property not insured by this Act

Schedule 3
Conditions applying to insurance under this Act

Schedule 4

Earthquake Commission Amendment Act 1998

Reprint notes

An Act to make provision with respect to the insurance of residential property against damage caused by certain natural disasters