92. Interpretation in Part IIIF
In this Part, except so far as the context requires otherwise ¾
}insurance company~ includes the Insurance Commission of Western Australia continued under the Insurance Commission of Western Australia Act 1986;
}person resident in Western Australia~ includes any body corporate ¾
(a) which is a corporation; or
(b) which carries on business in Western Australia;
}policy of insurance~ includes every certificate, receipt or declaration concerning the existence of any instrument of guarantee or indemnity or any agreement for any insurance or any instrument whereby any contract of insurance is made and which operates in Western Australia wholly or in part as an insurance, whether issued in or outside Western Australia, and includes a policy of insurance against accident;
}policy of insurance against accident~ means a policy of insurance for any payment agreed to be made on the death of any person only from accident or violence or otherwise than from a natural cause or as compensation for personal injury;
}policy of life insurance~ means a policy of insurance or assurance on any life or lives or on any event or contingency relating to or depending on any life or lives, except a policy of insurance against accident;
}premium~, in respect of a policy of insurance or a policy of insurance against accident, means the gross premium reckoned so as to include any commission or discount paid in respect of that premium.
[Section 92 inserted by No. 37 of 1979 s. 69; amended by No. 10 of 1982 s. 28; No. 41 of 1989 s. 23; No. 49 of 1992 s. 29; No. 39 of 1994 s. 21; No. 45 of 1996 s. 38; No. 2 of 2003 s. 111.]