MOTOR ACCIDENT INJURIES ACT 2017 - SECT 4.5 Limits on economic loss

MOTOR ACCIDENT INJURIES ACT 2017 - SECT 4.5

4.5 Limits on economic loss

(1) The only damages that may be awarded for economic loss are (subject to this Division)--

(a) damages for past or future economic loss due to loss of earnings or the deprivation or impairment of earning capacity, and

(b) damages for costs relating to accommodation or travel (not being the cost of treatment and care) of a kind prescribed by the regulations, and

(c) damages for the cost of the financial management of damages that are awarded, and

(d) damages by way of re-imbursement for income tax paid or payable on statutory benefits or workers compensation benefits arising from the injury that are required to be repaid on an award of damages to which this Part applies.

Note : See also section 3.40 for repayment out of damages awarded of weekly payments of statutory benefits (and certain other payments of statutory benefits) made before the award of damages.

(2) This section does not apply to an award of damages in an action under the Compensation to Relatives Act 1897 .