Insurance
24 Insurance
Except as otherwise provided by this section, a department or participating body must—
arrange its insurance with the Authority; and
pay the premiums determined by the Authority with the approval of the Minister at the times determined by the Authority with the approval of the Minister.
S. 24(2) amended by No. 67/2013 s. 649(Sch. 9 item 34), substituted by No. 21/2015 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 66).
Nothing in this section affects the application of the Accident Compensation Act 1985, the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 or the Transport Accident Act 1986 to a department or participating body.
The Minister may direct the Authority in writing not to provide insurance of a kind specified in the direction to a department or participating body, or class of departments or participating bodies, specified in the direction.
The Minister, after consultation with the Board, may exempt a department or participating body from any requirement of subsection (1).
S. 24(4A) inserted by No. 40/2004 s. 50.
Subject to subsection (4B), the Authority may decline to provide insurance cover in respect of a specific risk identified by a department or participating body.
S. 24(4B) inserted by No. 40/2004 s. 50.
Despite subsection (4A), the Minister may direct the Authority in writing to provide insurance cover in respect of a specific risk for which the Authority has declined to provide insurance cover.
S. 24(4C) inserted by No. 40/2004 s. 50.
Subsection (1) does not apply if—
the Authority declines to provide insurance cover under subsection (4A); and
the Minister does not direct the Authority under subsection (4B) to provide the insurance cover.
The Authority may provide insurance to a department or participating body jointly or by arrangement with any other department or participating body.
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