Transport Accident (Amendment) Act 2000
Act No. 84/2000
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1
1. Purpose 1 2. Commencement 2
PART 2—AMENDMENT OF TRANSPORT ACCIDENT ACT 1986 3
3. Definitions 3 4. Transport accident to include certain incidents with pedal cyclists 5 5. Pre-accident weekly earnings 6 6. TAC no longer a reorganising body 7
10A. TAC no longer a reorganising body 7
7. Proceedings and resolutions of the Board 7 8. Authorisation of disability services 8 9. Extension of time for review 8 10. Transport Accident Fund 8 11. Capital and dividends 8
29A. Repayment of capital 8 29B. Dividends 8
12. Sections 39 and 40 substituted 9 39. Circumstances in which a person is not entitled to
compensation 9 40. Circumstances in which certain compensation is not
payable or is reduced 10 40A.
General provisions 15
13. Degree of impairment 16 14. Impairment benefit 17 15. Calculation of loss of earning capacity 19 16. Review of entitlement 20 17. Surviving spouse 21 18. Surviving children 21 19. Medical and like benefits 22 20. Home and motor vehicle modifications 25 21. Notice of accident 26 22. Sections 65 and 66 substituted 27
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65. Provisions applying to notice under section 64 27 66. Payment of penalty 28
23. Form of claim 28 24. Time for making claim under Part 3 29 25. Time period for considering claims 29 26. Medical examinations 29 27. Reviews 30 28. Evidence as to alcohol or drugs 31 29. Release from liability for payments under section 60 33 30. Procedures under section 93 33
93D. Directions 33
31. Indemnity 34 32. Unindemnified vehicles 34 33. Indemnity by third party 35 34. Rates of charges 35 35. Amendments consequential to section 34 36 36. Provision of information 36 PART 3—AMENDMENT OF ACCIDENT COMPENSATION ACT
1985 38
37. Amendment of section 135A 38 38. Liability of Transport Accident Commission 38 39. Amendment of proposed section 134AG and commencement 38 40. Supreme Court-limitation of jurisdiction 39
252E. Supreme Court-limitation of jurisdiction 39
PART 4—AMENDMENT OF DANGEROUS GOODS ACT 1985 40
41. Amendment of Dangerous Goods Act 1985 40
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ENDNOTES 42
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Victoria
No. 84 of 2000
Transport Accident (Amendment) Act
2000†
[Assented to 28 November 2000]
The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:
PART 1—PRELIMINARY
1. Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to—
(a)
amend the Transport Accident Act 1986 to—
(i) compensate claimants receiving weekly
payments for the effect of the GST;
Transport Accident (Amendment) Act 2000
Act No. 84/2000 s. 2 (ii) include as a transport accident a collision between a pedal cyclist travelling to or from work and a motor
vehicle;
(iii) provide improved access to certain benefits;
(iv) revise procedures relating to claims and reviews;
(v) improve the operation of the Act; and
(b) make miscellaneous amendments to the Dangerous Goods Act 1985.
2. Commencement
(1) This section and sections 1, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14(3), 15(4), 17, 18, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27(4), 29,…