Motor Accidents (Determination of Non-Economic Loss) Amendment Order 2019 (NSW)

New South Wales

Motor Accidents (Determination of

Non-Economic Loss) Amendment Order

2019

under the

Motor Accidents Act 1988

I, the Minister for Customer Service, in pursuance of section 80 of the Motor Accidents Act 1988, make the following Order.

Dated, this 24 day of September 2019.

VICTOR DOMINELLO, MP Minister for Customer Service

Explanatory note

The object of this Order is to adjust, for the year commencing 1 October 2019, 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 (the Act) applies.

Section 80 of the Act requires the Minister to declare the amounts on or before 1 October 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 Act.

Motor Accidents (Determination of Non-Economic Loss) Amendment Order 2019 [NSW]

Motor Accidents (Determination of Non-Economic Loss)

Amendment Order 2019

under the

Motor Accidents Act 1988

1      Name of Order

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

Amendment Order 2019.

2      Commencement

This Order commences on 1 October 2019 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 2019 $565,000

(2)	Clause 3(2)
Insert at the end of the Table to the subclause—
1 October 2019 $45,000
(3)	Clause 3(3)
Insert at the end of the Table to the subclause—
1 October 2019 $45,000 $172,500 $124,000
(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 2019 $565,000