Motor Accidents Compensation (Determination of Loss) Amendment Order 2012 (NSW)

2012 No 477

New South Wales

Motor Accidents Compensation

(Determination of Loss) Amendment

Order 2012

under the

Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999

I, the Minister for Finance and Services, in pursuance of section 146 of the Motor
Accidents Compensation Act 1999, make the following Order.

Dated, this 27th day of September 2012.

GREG PEARCE, MLC

Minister for Finance and Services

Explanatory note
The object of this Order is to adjust, for the year commencing 1 October 2012, the maximum amount that may be awarded for damages:

(a)	for past or future economic loss in relation to persons who have been injured or killed as a consequence of a motor accident, and
(b)	for non-economic loss to persons who have been injured as a consequence of a motor accident.

Section 146 of the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 requires the Minister to declare the amounts on or before 1 October in each year. The amounts are indexed by reference to movements in average weekly earnings.

An amount specified in this Order applies to the exclusion of the corresponding amount specified in section 125 or 134 of the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999.

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Clause 1	2012

Motor Accidents Compensation (Determination of Loss)

Amendment Order 2012

under the

Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999

1      Name of Order

This Order is the Motor Accidents Compensation (Determination of
Loss) Amendment Order 2012.

2      Commencement

This Order commences on 1 October 2012 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of Motor Accidents Compensation (Determination of Loss) Order 2009

(1) Clause 3 Section 125: Damages for past or future economic loss—
maximum for loss of earnings etc

Insert at the end of the Table to the clause in Columns 1 and 2, respectively:

1 October 2012 $4,236

(2)	Clause 4 Section 134: Maximum amount of damages for non-economic loss
Insert at the end of the Table to the clause in Columns 1 and 2, respectively:
1 October 2012 $462,000