Earthquake Commission Act 1993

20 Personal property
  • Subject to any regulations made under this Act and to Schedule 3, where a person enters into a contract of fire insurance with an insurance company in respect of any personal property situated in New Zealand, the property shall, while that contract is in force, be deemed to be insured under this Act against natural disaster damage for its replacement value (or, if it is insured against fire on any less favourable basis, that basis) to the amount (exclusive of goods and services tax) which is the lesser of—

    • (a) if the contract of fire insurance specifies a maximum amount to which property is insured against fire under the contract, that amount:

    • (b) the sum of $20,000 or such greater amount as may be fixed from time to time for the purposes of this section by regulations made under this Act.