Safety in Recreational Water Activities Act 2011

A person must not, without reasonable excuse—

enter into a contract of insurance or other arrangement that purports to insure or indemnify a person for a liability for all or part of a monetary penalty under this Act; or

provide a contract of insurance or an indemnity for a liability for all or part of a monetary penalty under this Act; or

take the benefit of a contract of insurance or other arrangement, or an indemnity, that purports to insure or indemnify a person for a liability for all or part of a monetary penalty under this Act.

Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.

Subsection (1) places an evidential burden on the accused to show a reasonable excuse.

A term of a contract of insurance or other arrangement, or an indemnity, is void to the extent it purports to insure or indemnify a person for a liability for all or part of a monetary penalty under this Act.

Note—

For the application of this section, see section 54.