Motor Accidents (Amendment) Act 1993 Proclamation re commencement (1994-278) [GG No 88 of 1.7.1994] (NSW)

1994—No. 278

MOTOR ACCIDENTS (AMENDMENT) ACT 1993 No. 72—

PROCLAMATION

NEW SOUTH WALES

[Published in Gazette No. 88 of 1 July 1994]

By deputation from
His Excellency
A. M. Gleeson the Governor:

I, Rear Admiral PETER ROSS SINCLAIR, A.C., Governor of the State of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of section 2 of the Motor Accidents (Amendment) Act 1993, do, by this my Proclamation, appoint 1 September 1994 as the day on which the uncommenced provisions of that Act commence.

Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 29 day of June 1994.

By His Excellency’s Command,

J. P. Hannaford
Attorney General.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The object of this Proclamation is to commence the provisions of the Motor Accidents (Amendment) Act 1993 that did not commence on 1 January 1994. The remaining provisions make amendments to change the basis on which compensation is awarded for providing certain home care services, to allow compensation for respite care, and to specify the period of impairment that must exist for damages for non-economic loss to be awarded.