Heading: inserted, on 5 May 2003, by section 29 of the Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 86).
(1) To the extent that an insurance policy or contract of insurance indemnifies or purports to indemnify a person for the person's liability to pay a fine or an infringement fee under this Act,—
(a) the policy or contract is of no effect; and
(b) no court or tribunal has jurisdiction to grant relief in respect of the policy or contract, whether under section 7 of the Illegal Contracts Act 1970 or otherwise.
(2) A person must not—
(a) enter into, or offer to enter into, a policy or contract described in subsection (1); or
(b) indemnify, or offer to indemnify, another person for the other person's liability to pay a fine or an infringement fee under this Act; or
(c) be indemnified, or agree to be indemnified, by another person for that person's liability to pay a fine or an infringement fee under this Act; or
(d) pay to another person, or receive from another person, an indemnity for a fine or an infringement fee under this Act.
(3) If an insurance policy or contract of insurance described in subsection (1) exists at the date of commencement of this section,—
(a) subsections (1) and (2)(c) and (d) apply to it from that date; and
(b) this section does not prevent the parties to it agreeing to the refund of an amount of the premium.
Section 56I: inserted, on 5 May 2003, by section 29 of the Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 86).