MOTOR ACCIDENTS (COMPENSATION) ACT 1979 - SECT 17 Compensation for loss of limb or other permanent impairment
MOTOR ACCIDENTS (COMPENSATION) ACT 1979 - SECT 17
Compensation for loss of limb or other permanent impairment(1) Compensation for permanent impairment is payable under this section to an eligible person if:
(a) the injury suffered in, or as a result of, the motor accident results in a permanent impairment; and
(b) the extent of the impairment, as assessed by the Commission, is at least 5%.
(1A) The amount of the compensation is, subject to subsection (2), the assessed percentage of the prescribed amount.
(2) Where the percentage of permanent impairment of a person is assessed by the Commission as a percentage of 5% or more but less than 15% as shown in Column 1 of the following Table, the percentage of the prescribed amount payable as compensation shall be that shown in Column 2 of the Table opposite to the relevant percentage in Column 1:
TABLE
|
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
|---|---|
|
Degree of impairment |
Percentage of prescribed amount payable |
|
not less than 5% |
2 |
|
10% |
3 |
|
11% |
4 |
|
12% |
6 |
|
13% |
8 |
|
14% |
12 |