(2) The maximum weekly payment period is as
follows--
(a) 104 weeks, unless the person's injury is the subject of a
pending claim for damages (whether or not the insurer has accepted liability),
(b) 156 weeks if the person's injury is the subject of such a pending claim
and the degree of any permanent impairment of the injured person as a result
of the injury is not greater than 10%,
(c) 260 weeks if the person's injury
is the subject of such a pending claim and the degree of permanent impairment
of the injured person as a result of the injury is greater than 10%.
(3) The
maximum weekly payment period ends if any such pending claim for damages is
withdrawn, settled or finally determined after the period of 104 weeks after
the motor accident concerned.