Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 2010 (Vic)
Version No. 002
Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 2010
S.R. No. 31/2010
Version as at
24 April 2013
table of provisions
Regulation Page
1Objective
2Authorising provisions
3Commencement
4Revocation
5Definition
6Periodic payment of impairment benefit
7Periodic payment of impairment benefit annuity
8Rounding
9Redemptions under former section 56(1)
10Redemptions under current section 56(1)
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SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1—Periodic Payment of Impairment Benefit or Annuity
SCHEDULE 2—Redemptions
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ENDNOTES
1. General Information
2. Table of Amendments
3. Explanatory Details
Version No. 002
Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 2010
S.R. No. 31/2010
Version as at
24 April 2013
1Objective
The objective of these Regulations is to prescribe the manner—
(a)of calculation of periodic payments of impairment benefits for the purposes of—
(i)section 47(4) of the Transport Accident Act 1986; and
(ii)section 48(1) of the Transport Accident Act 1986, as in force immediately before the commencement of section 13 of the Transport Accident (Amendment) Act 2004; and
(b)of determining, for the purposes of section 56 of the Transport Accident Act 1986, an amount being in redemption of the sum of periodic payments under section 48 of that Act and the weekly payments under section 49, 50 or 51 of that Act.
2Authorising provisions
These Regulations are made under sections 132 and 191 of the Transport Accident Act1986.
3Commencement
These Regulations come into operation on 30 May 2010.
4Revocation
The Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 1999[1] are revoked.
5Definition
In these Regulations, the Act means the Transport Accident Act 1986.
6Periodic payment of impairment benefit
For the purposes of section 47(4) of the Act, periodic payments payable to a person are weekly payments until the person is over 75 years calculated in accordance with the formula—
where—
Ais the amount of the impairment benefit assessed in accordance with section 47(2) of the Act, less the sum of the part of impairment benefit paid under section 47(3)(c) of the Act and any interim benefit paid; and
Bis—
(a)if, at the date of assessment of the impairment benefit, the person is 18 years or over and under 55 years and 1 month, the amount in Column 2 of Schedule 1 opposite the age of the person in completed years at that date; or
(b)if, at the date of the assessment of the impairment benefit, the person is 55 years and 1 month or more and under 72 years and 1 week, the amount in Column 2 of Schedule 1 opposite the age of the person in years and completed months at that date; or
(c)if, at the date of the assessment of the impairment benefit, the person is 72 years and 1 week or more and under 75, the amount in Column 2 of Schedule 1 opposite the age of the person in years and completed weeks at that date; or
(d)if, at the date of the assessment of the impairment benefit, the person is 75 years or over, $10 000.
7Periodic payment of impairment benefit annuity
For the purposes of section 48(1) of the Act, as in force immediately before the commencement of section 13 of the Transport Accident (Amendment) Act 2004, periodic payments payable to a person are weekly payments until the person is over 75 years calculated in accordance with the formula—
where—
Ais the amount determined in accordance with section 48(1) of the Act, as in force immediately before the commencement of section 13 of the Transport Accident (Amendment) Act 2004; and
Bhas the same meaning as in regulation 6.
8Rounding
If the amount of a weekly payment calculated under regulation 6 or 7 includes a fraction of a cent, the amount of each weekly payment may be varied by rounding the amount of each payment except the last to the next highest cent and reducing the last payment accordingly.
9Redemptions under former section 56(1)
(1)For the purposes of section 56(1) of the Act, as in force immediately before the commencement of section 11 of the Transport Accident (Amendment) Act 2004, the amount payable to a person must be determined in accordance with the formula—
where—
Ais the amount of a weekly payment calculated in accordance with regulation 7; and
Bis—
(a)if, at the date of the determination, the degree of impairment of the person is less than 50 per centum, the amount in Column 2 of Schedule 2 opposite the number of complete weeks in the period commencing on the day on which the determination is made and ending on—
(i)the day on which payments under section 48, 49, 50, or 51 of the Act would cease in accordance with section 53(3) of the Act, as in force immediately before the commencement of section 11 of the Transport Accident (Amendment) Act 2004; or
(ii)the day before the day on which the person attains 75 years—
whichever is the earlier; or
(b)if, at the date of the determination, the degree of impairment is 50 per centum or more, the amount in Column 2 of Schedule 2 opposite the number of complete weeks, or years and complete months, or complete years as the case requires, in the period commencing on the day on which the determination is made and ending on the day on which the person attains 75 years; and
Cis the amount of a weekly payment in respect of loss of earning capacity under section 49, 50 or 51 of the Act; and
Dis—
(a)if, at the date of the determination, the degree of impairment of the person is less than 50 per centum, the amount in Column 2 of Schedule 2 opposite the number of complete weeks in the period commencing on the day on which the determination is made and ending on the day on which payments under section 49, 50 or 51 of the Act would cease in accordance with section 53(1) or 53(3) of the Act; or
(b)if, at the date of the determination, the degree of impairment of the person is 50 per centum or more, the amount in Column 2 of Schedule 2 opposite the number of complete weeks, or years and complete months, or complete years, as the case requires, in the period commencing on the day on which the determination is made and ending on the day on which the person, by reason of section 53(1), would cease to be entitled to receive payments in respect of loss of earning capacity.
(2)For the purposes of the definition of "B" and "D" in subregulation (1), a period of less than one week is deemed to be a complete week.
10Redemptions under current section 56(1)
(1)For the purposes of section 56(1) of the Act, the amount payable to a person who has a degree of impairment of less than 50 per centum must be determined in accordance with the formula—
(A × (B – C))
where—
Ais the amount of the weekly payment in respect of loss of earnings capacity to which a person is entitled; and
Bis 78 weeks; and
Cis number of weeks the person has received loss of earning capacity benefits at the time that the benefits are redeemed.
(2)For the purposes of section 56(1) of the Act, the amount payable to a person who is assessed as having a degree of impairment of 50 per centum or more must be determined in accordance with the formula—
A × B
where—
Ais the amount of the weekly payment in respect of loss of earnings capacity to which a person is entitled at the time the benefit is redeemed; and
Bis the number of weeks which in the opinion of the Commission the person is likely to be entitled to loss of earnings capacity payments under the Act.
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SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1
Regulations 6 and 7
Periodic Payment of Impairment Benefit or Annuity
Column 1 Column 2 Years $ c 18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
478.73
8.78
8.83
8.88
8.94
9.01
9.07
9.13
9.21
9.28
9.36
9.45
9.54
9.63
9.73
9.84
9.95
10.08
10.20
10.34
10.48
10.64
10.81
10.99
11.17
11.37
11.59
11.83
12.09
12.36
Column 1 Column 2 Years $ c 48
49
50
51
52
53
5412.65
12.97
13.32
13.70
14.11
14.55
15.05Years
Months
$ c
55
55
55
55
550
1
2
3
415.22
15.25
15.30
15.35
15.3955
55
55
55
55
55
55
56
56
56
56
56
56
56
56
56
56
56
56
57
57
57
57
57
57
575
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
615.44
15.49
15.53
15.58
15.63
15.67
15.72
15.78
15.82
15.87
15.93
15.97
16.02
16.08
16.12
16.18
16.23
16.28
16.34
16.40
16.44
16.50
16.56
16.61
16.67
16.73
Column 1 Column 2 Years Months $ c 57
57
57
57
57
58
58
58
58
58
58
58
58
58
58
58
587
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1116.78
16.84
16.91
16.96
17.02
17.09
17.14
17.20
17.26
17.33
17.38
17.45
17.52
17.57
17.64
17.70
17.7759
59
59
59
59
59
59
59
59
59
59
59
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
600
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1017.85
17.91
17.98
18.05
18.11
18.19
18.27
18.33
18.41
18.49
18.56
18.64
18.72
18.79
18.87
18.95
19.02
19.11
19.20
19.27
19.36
19.45
19.52
Column 1 Column 2 Years Months $ c 60
61
61
61
61
61
61
61
61
61
61
61
61
62
62
62
62
6211
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
419.62
19.71
19.79
19.88
19.98
20.06
20.16
20.26
20.34
20.44
20.55
20.63
20.74
20.85
20.94
21.05
21.16
21.2562
62
62
62
62
62
62
63
63
63
63
63
63
63
63
63
63
63
63
64
64
645
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
221.36
21.48
21.58
21.70
21.82
21.92
22.04
22.17
22.27
22.40
22.51
22.64
22.76
22.89
23.02
23.14
23.28
23.41
23.55
23.70
23.83
23.98
Column 1 Column 2 Years Months $ c 64
64
64
64
64
64
64
64
64
65
65
65
65
65
65
65
65
65
65
65
65
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
663
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
824.13
24.26
24.42
24.58
24.72
24.88
25.05
25.20
25.37
25.54
25.70
25.88
26.06
26.22
26.41
26.60
26.78
26.98
27.18
27.36
27.57
27.79
27.98
28.20
28.42
28.63
28.86
29.09
29.31
29.5666
66
66
67
67
67
67
67
67
679
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
629.81
30.04
30.31
30.57
30.82
31.09
31.37
31.64
31.93
32.23
Column 1 Column 2 Years Months $ c 67
67
67
67
67
68
68
68
68
68
68
68
68
68
68
68
68
69
69
69
69
69
69
69
69
69
69
69
697
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1132.51
32.83
33.15
33.45
33.79
34.14
34.46
34.82
35.18
35.53
35.92
36.31
36.69
37.11
37.54
37.95
38.40
38.86
39.31
39.79
40.26
40.78
41.28
41.82
42.38
42.93
43.53
44.12
44.7670
70
70
70
70
70
70
70
70
70
70
700
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1145.42
46.06
46.76
47.48
48.20
48.97
49.78
50.58
51.45
52.35
53.25
54.23
Column 1 Column 2 Years Months $ c 71
71
71
71
71
71
71
71
71
71
71
710
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1155.25
56.27
57.37
58.52
59.68
60.93
62.25
63.59
65.04
66.57
68.13
69.83Years
Weeks
$ c
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
720
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
1271.46
71.88
72.30
72.73
73.17
73.61
74.06
74.51
74.97
75.44
75.91
76.39
76.8872
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
7213
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
2577.37
77.87
78.38
78.89
79.41
79.94
80.48
81.02
81.58
82.14
82.71
83.29
83.88
Column 1 Column 2 Years Weeks $ c 72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
7226
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
3684.47
85.08
85.70
86.32
86.96
87.60
88.26
88.93
89.61
90.30
91.0072
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
7237
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
4991.71
92.44
93.18
93.93
93.69
95.47
96.26
97.07
97.89
98.73
99.58
100.44
101.3372
72
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
7350
51
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13102.23
103.15
104.08
105.03
106.00
106.99
108.00
109.03
110.08
111.15
112.25
113.36
114.50
115.67
116.86
118.08
Column 1 Column 2 Years Weeks $ c 73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
7314
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34119.33
120.60
121.91
123.24
124.61
126.01
127.44
128.91
130.41
131.95
133.53
135.15
136.81
138.52
140.27
142.07
143.92
145.82
147.77
149.78
151.8573
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
74
7435
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
0
1153.98
156.17
158.43
160.76
163.16
165.64
168.20
170.84
173.57
176.40
179.32
182.34
185.47
188.71
192.09
195.47
198.84
202.22
205.59
Column 1 Column 2 Years Weeks $ c 74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
742
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19208.97
212.34
215.72
220.15
224.77
229.59
234.64
239.92
245.45
251.25
257.34
263.74
270.49
277.59
285.09
293.02
301.41
310.3274
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
7420
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41319.78
329.85
340.59
352.08
364.38
377.60
391.83
407.20
423.85
441.95
461.70
483.33
507.12
533.41
562.63
595.28
632.02
673.65
721.23
776.13
840.19
915.89
Column 1 Column 2 Years Weeks $ c 74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
7442
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
511006.73
1117.75
1256.54
1434.97
1672.89
2005.97
2505.60
3338.31
5003.73
10000.00
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SCHEDULE 2
Regulation 9
Redemptions
Column 1 Column 2 Weeks $ c 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
3310 000.00
5001.88
3335.84
2502.82
2003.01
1669.80
1431.79
1253.29
1114.45
1003.39
912.51
836.78
772.70
717.78
670.18
628.53
591.78
559.11
529.88
503.58
479.78
458.14
438.39
420.28
403.62
388.24
374.00
360.78
348.47
336.98
326.23
316.15
306.69
Column 1 Column 2 Weeks $ c 34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46297.78
289.38
281.45
273.94
266.83
260.09
253.68
247.59
241.78
236.25
230.96
225.92
221.0947
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73216.47
212.03
207.78
203.71
199.79
196.02
192.39
188.90
185.53
182.29
179.16
176.13
173.21
170.39
167.66
165.02
162.46
159.98
157.58
155.25
152.99
150.79
148.66
146.59
144.58
142.63
140.73
Column 1 Column 2 Weeks $ c 74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92138.88
137.08
135.32
133.61
131.95
130.33
128.75
127.21
125.70
124.23
122.80
121.40
120.03
118.70
117.39
116.12
114.87
113.65
112.4693
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113111.29
110.14
109.03
107.93
106.86
105.81
104.78
103.77
102.78
101.81
100.86
99.92
99.01
98.11
97.23
96.37
95.52
94.68
93.87
93.06
92.27
Column 1 Column 2 Weeks $ c 114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
13891.50
90.73
89.99
89.25
88.53
87.81
87.12
86.43
85.75
85.09
84.43
83.79
83.15
82.53
81.91
81.31
80.71
80.13
79.55
78.98
78.42
77.87
77.32
76.79
76.26139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
147
14775.74
75.22
74.72
74.22
73.73
73.24
72.76
72.29
71.83
71.37
70.92150
151
15270.47
70.03
69.59
Column 1 Column 2 Weeks $ c 153
154
155
15669.16
68.74
68.32
67.91Years
Months
$ c
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
50
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
367.91
66.31
64.42
62.99
61.62
60.00
58.77
57.59
56.18
55.11
53.83
52.85
51.91
50.79
49.92
49.09
48.09
47.33
46.59
45.69
45.01
44.34
43.54
42.93
42.33
41.60
41.04
40.505
5
5
5
54
5
6
7
839.85
39.34
38.84
38.25
37.78
Column 1 Column 2 Years Months $ c 5
5
5
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
89
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1137.22
36.78
36.36
35.84
35.44
35.05
34.57
34.20
33.84
33.40
33.06
32.73
32.32
32.00
31.69
31.32
31.02
30.73
30.38
30.10
29.84
29.51
29.25
28.94
28.69
28.45
28.15
27.92
27.70
27.42
27.21
26.99
26.73
26.53
26.33
26.08
25.89
25.70
25.47
Column 1 Column 2 Years Months $ c 9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
100
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
025.29
25.11
24.89
24.72
24.51
24.35
24.18
23.98
23.83
23.67
23.48
23.33
23.1910
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
12
12
12
121
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
323.01
22.87
22.73
22.56
22.42
22.29
22.13
22.00
21.87
21.71
21.59
21.47
21.32
21.21
21.06
20.95
20.84
20.70
20.59
20.48
20.35
20.25
20.15
20.02
19.92
19.82
19.70
Column 1 Column 2 Years Months $ c 12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
14
14
14
14
14
144
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
519.60
19.51
19.39
19.30
19.21
19.10
19.01
18.93
18.82
18.73
18.63
18.55
18.47
18.37
18.29
18.21
18.11
18.03
17.96
17.87
17.79
17.72
17.63
17.56
17.49
17.4014
14
14
14
14
14
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
156
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
717.33
17.27
17.18
17.12
17.05
16.97
16.91
16.83
16.76
16.70
16.63
16.57
16.51
16.43
Column 1 Column 2 Years Months $ c 15
15
15
15
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
188
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
716.37
16.32
16.25
16.19
16.13
16.06
16.01
15.95
15.89
15.83
15.78
15.72
15.67
15.62
15.55
15.50
15.44
15.39
15.34
15.28
15.24
15.19
15.13
15.09
15.04
14.98
14.94
14.90
14.84
14.80
14.75
14.70
14.66
14.62
14.57
14.5318
18
18
188
9
10
1114.47
14.43
14.39
14.35
Column 1 Column 2 Years Months $ c 19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
200
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
014.31
14.27
14.22
14.18
14.14
14.10
14.06
14.02
13.98
13.94
13.91
13.86
13.83Years
$ c
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
4513.40
13.01
12.64
12.32
12.03
11.76
11.51
11.27
11.06
10.86
10.68
10.51
10.35
10.20
10.06
9.94
9.81
9.70
9.59
9.49
9.40
9.31
9.22
9.14
9.07
Column 1 Column 2 Years $ c 46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
578.99
8.93
8.86
8.80
8.75
8.69
8.64
8.59
8.54
8.50
8.45
8.4158
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
768.38
8.34
8.30
8.27
8.24
8.21
8.18
8.15
8.12
8.10
8.07
8.05
8.03
8.01
7.99
7.97
7.95
7.93
7.92
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ENDNOTES
1. General Information
The Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 2010, S.R. No. 31/2010 were made on 25 May 2010 by the Lieutenant-Governor as the Governor's deputy with the advice of the Executive Council under sections 132 and 191 of the Transport Accident Act 1986, No. 111/1986 and came into operation on 30 May 2010: regulation 3.
The Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 2010 will sunset 10 years after the day of making on 25 May 2020 (see section 5 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994).
2. Table of Amendments
There are no amendments made to the Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 2010 by statutory rules, subordinate instruments and Acts.
3. Explanatory Details
[1] Reg. 4: S.R. No. 65/1999.
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