CIVIL LAW (WRONGS) ACT 2002 - SECT 69 Respondent to give documents etc to contributor

CIVIL LAW (WRONGS) ACT 2002 - SECT 69

    (1)     A respondent must give a contributor added by the respondent copies of the following that are in the respondent's possession:

        (a)     reports and other documents about the accident claimed to have given rise to the personal injury to which the claim relates;

        (b)     reports or surveillance film about the claimant's medical condition or prospects of rehabilitation;

        (c)     reports or surveillance film about the claimant's cognitive, functional or vocational capacity;

        (d)     reports or surveillance film about the claimant's personal injury and of any consequent disabilities;

        (e)     if applicable, information about the medical treatment and rehabilitation services the claimant has sought or obtained;

        (f)     information about the claimant's medical history, as far as it is relevant to the claim, and any other claims for damages for personal injury made by the claimant;

        (g)     information about the claimant's claim for past and future economic loss;

        (h)     information about any claim known to the respondent for gratuitous services consequent on the claimant's personal injury.

Note     Damages may not be awarded in a motor accident claim for gratuitous care (see Motor Accident Injuries Act 2019

, s 249).

    (2)     The respondent must give the copies—

        (a)     within the period prescribed by regulation (or, if no period is prescribed, within 1 month after the day the respondent gives a contribution notice to the contributor); and

        (b)     to the extent that a report, film or other document or information mentioned in subsection (1) comes into the respondent's possession later, within 7 days after the day it comes into the respondent's possession.