Motor Accidents Amendment Act 1997 Proclamation re commencement (1997-192) [GG No 55 of 23.5.1997, p 3020] (NSW)

1997 No 192

New South Wales

MOTOR ACCIDENTS AMENDMENT ACT 1997 No 3—

PROCLAMATION

(L.S.) GORDON SAMUELS, Governor.

I, the Honourable Gordon Samuels AC, Governor of the State of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of section 2 (1) of the Motor Accidents Amendment Act 1997, do, by this my Proclamation, appoint 23 May 1997 as the day on which that Act (except the amendments made by that Act to sections 43A (6) and 52 of, and clause 17 of Schedule 4 to, the Motor Accidents Act 1988) commence.

Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 21st day of May 1997.

By His Excellency’s Command,

JEFFREY SHAW, Q.C., M.L.C.,

Attorney General.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The amendments made by the Motor Accidents Amendment Act 1997 to section 43A (6) of the Motor Accidents Act 1988 (making it clear that that provision includes late claims made against the Nominal Defendant) and section 52 (relating to the commencement of proceedings in the case of late claims that are rejected by an insurer) are taken to have commenced on 1 January 1996. (See section 2 (2) of the Motor Accidents Amendment Act 1997 and Schedule 1 [15], [17] and [18] to that Act.)

Published in Gazette No 55 of 23 May 1997, page 3020 Page 1

1997 No 192

Motor Accidents Amendment Act 1997 No 3—Proclamation

The amendments made by the Motor Accidents Amendment Act 1997 to clause 17 of Schedule 4 to the Motor Accidents Act 1988 (dealing with the application of certain amendments to the Motor Accidents Act 1988 that were made by the Motor Accidents Amendment Act 1995) are taken to have commenced at midnight on 26 September 1995. (See section 2 (3) of the Motor Accidents Amendment Act 1997 and Schedule 1 [29]-[33] to that Act.)

The object of this Proclamation is to commence the balance of the provisions of the

Motor Accidents Amendment Act 1997.