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MOTOR ACCIDENTS (COMPENSATION) ACT - SECT 19

Cost of providing appliances, special facilities etc.

19. Cost of providing appliances, special facilities etc.

(1) An eligible person is entitled to:

(a) the cost of obtaining appliances required in consequence of the injury suffered in, or as a result of, the motor accident; and

(b) the reasonable cost incurred, or to be incurred, in consequence of the injury in making alterations to:

(i) the building in which the person resides or proposes to reside; and

(ii) a motor vehicle; and

(iii) such other articles of personal use as, in the opinion of the Board, require modification; and

(c) the reasonable cost of special facilities and equipment the Board considers necessary for the person's rehabilitation.

(2) However, entitlements under this section are subject to the following limitations and qualifications:

(a) a benefit is not payable under this section if the eligible person is outside Australia or the benefit is to be expended outside Australia;

(b) any further limitations and qualifications imposed by the regulations.

Part V. Payments in respect of death



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