Sporting Injuries Insurance Regulation 2014 (NSW)

1Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Sporting Injuries Insurance Regulation 2014.

2Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 September 2014 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.

Note—

This Regulation replaces the Sporting Injuries Insurance Regulation 2009 which is repealed on 1 September 2014 by section 10 (2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1989.

3Definitions(1)

In this Regulation:

the Act means the Sporting Injuries Insurance Act 1978.

(2)

Notes included in this Regulation do not form part of this Regulation.

4Prescribed interest rate

For the purposes of section 11A (6) (b) of the Act, the rate of interest prescribed is the rate for the time being prescribed under section 101 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 for payment of interest on a judgment debt.

5Funeral expenses

For the purposes of section 27 (3) of the Act, the amount prescribed is:

• (a)

  $9,000, or

• (b)

  if a different amount was prescribed under that subsection on the date that the person, in respect of whom the application is made, died—that other amount.

6Prescribed percentage of permanent loss

For the purposes of Table A in Schedule 1 to the Act, the prescribed percentage of permanent loss with respect to an injury occurring on or after the commencement of this Regulation is as follows:

• (a)

  for paragraph (a) of Part 1 and paragraph (a) of Part 2, in the case of the permanent loss of the use of the whole, or of the greater part, of either arm or either leg—30 per cent,

• (b)

  for paragraph (a) of item 1 of Part 4, in the case of permanent loss of hearing in both ears—10 per cent,

• (c)

  in all other cases—50 per cent.

6ADelegation to authorised persons

The appointed directors of the ICNSW Board (within the meaning of the State Insurance and Care Governance Act 2015) are authorised as a class of persons for the purposes of section 10 of the Act.

7Saving

Any act, matter or thing that, immediately before the repeal of the Sporting Injuries Insurance Regulation 2009, had effect under that Regulation continues to have effect under this Regulation.