Motor Accidents (Determination of Non-Economic Loss) Amendment Order 2017 (NSW)

New South Wales

Motor Accidents (Determination of

Non-Economic Loss) Amendment Order
2017

under the

Motor Accidents Act 1988

I, the Minister for Finance, Services and Property, in pursuance of section 80 of the Motor

Accidents Act 1988, make the following Order.

Dated, this 19th day of September 2017.

VICTOR DOMINELLO, MP

Minister for Finance, Services and Property

Explanatory note

The object of this Order is to adjust, for the year commencing 1 October 2017, 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 to which the Motor Accidents Act 1988 applies.

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.

Motor Accidents (Determination of Non-Economic Loss) Amendment Order 2017 [NSW]

Motor Accidents (Determination of Non-Economic Loss)

Amendment Order 2017

under the

Motor Accidents Act 1988

1      Name of Order

This Order is the Motor Accidents (Determination of Non-Economic Loss)
Amendment Order 2017.

2      Commencement

This Order commences on 1 October 2017 and is required to be published on the
NSW legislation website.

3 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):

1 October 2017 $527,000

(2)	Clause 3 (2)
Insert at the end of the Table to the subclause:
1 October 2017 $42,000
(3)	Clause 3 (3)
Insert at the end of the Table to the subclause:
1 October 2017 $42,000 $160,500 $116,000
(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:
1 October 2017 $527,000