Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts18A. Short-term benefits for attendant care services
(1) Benefits for attendant care services are payable under this section to or for the benefit of an eligible person if:
(a) the eligible person suffers an impairment as a result of the injury received in, or as a result of, the motor accident; and
(b) the person requires attendant care services in consequence of the impairment; and
(c) the person has not been assessed as eligible for long-term attendant care services.
(2) However, benefits are only payable under this section if the services are of a standard the Board considers appropriate.
(3) The benefits are to be at an hourly rate equivalent to 2% of average weekly earnings for the number of hours for which the attendant care services are provided in each week up to the relevant limit for that week.
(4) The relevant limit for each week is 32 hours less the number of hours for which the eligible person receives nursing care in that week.
(5) The benefits are to be allowed, in the first instance, for a period of up to one year but the Board may extend the period of one year if, after considering the advice of a medical practitioner, the Board considers the extension reasonable but the aggregate period for which the benefits are payable cannot exceed 2 years.
(6) Benefits are not payable under this section for services provided outside Australia.