Motor Accidents (Determination of Non-Economic Loss) Amendment Order 2011 (NSW)

2011 No 518

New South Wales

Motor Accidents (Determination of

Non-Economic Loss) Amendment

Order 2011

under the

Motor Accidents Act 1988

I, Greg Pearce, the Minister for Finance and Services, in pursuance of section 80 of
the Motor Accidents Act 1988, make the following Order.

Dated, this 27th day of September 2011.

GREG PEARCE, MLC

Minister for Finance and Services

Explanatory note
The object of this Order is to adjust, for the year commencing 1 October 2011, the maximum amounts that may be awarded for damages for non-economic loss to persons who have been injured as a consequence of a motor accident.
Section 80 of the Motor Accidents Act 1988 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 79 or 79A of the Motor Accidents Act 1988.

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Motor Accidents (Determination of Non-Economic Loss)

Amendment Order 2011

under the

Motor Accidents Act 1988

1      Name of Order

This Order is the Motor Accidents (Determination of Non-Economic
Loss) Amendment Order 2011.

2      Commencement

This Order commences on 1 October 2011 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.

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Amendment of Motor Accidents (Determination of Non-Economic Loss)	Schedule 1
Order 2009
Schedule 1	Amendment of Motor Accidents (Determination of Non-Economic Loss) Order 2009

[1]      Clause 3 Section 79: Determination of non-economic loss—accidents occurring before midnight on 26.9.95

Insert at the end of the Table to clause 3 (1) in Columns 1 and 2, respectively:

1 October 2011 $450,000

[2]      Clause 3 (2)

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

1 October 2011 $36,000

[3]      Clause 3 (3)

Insert at the end of the Table to the subclause in Columns 1, 2, 3 and 4, respectively:

1 October 2011 $36,000 $137,000 $99,000

[4]      Clause 4 Section 79A: Determination of non-economic loss—accidents occurring after midnight on 26.9.95

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

1 October 2011 $450,000