Motor Accidents Compensation (Determination of Loss) Amendment Order 2013 (NSW)
New South Wales
Motor Accidents Compensation
(Determination of Loss) Amendment Order
2013
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 26th day of September 2013.
ANDREW CONSTANCE, MP
Minister for Finance and Services
Explanatory note
The object of this Order is to adjust, for the year commencing 1 October 2013, 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.
Motor Accidents Compensation (Determination of Loss) Amendment Order 2013 [NSW]
Motor Accidents Compensation (Determination of Loss)
Amendment Order 2013
under the
Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999
1 Name of Order
This Order is the Motor Accidents Compensation (Determination of Loss)
Amendment Order 2013.
2 Commencement
This Order commences on 1 October 2013 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 etcInsert at the end of the Table to the clause in Columns 1 and 2, respectively:
1 October 2013 $4,376
(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 2013 $477,000
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