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MOTOR ACCIDENTS (COMPENSATION) ACT - SECT 4D

Attendant care services

4D. Attendant care services

(1) Attendant care services are personal and household services reasonably required by an injured person as a result of the injury.

(2) However, attendant care services do not include:

(a) medical and rehabilitation services; or

(b) nursing care; or

(c) services provided in, or provided while the injured person is in, a hospital, nursing home or other institution for the treatment, rehabilitation or care of injured persons.

(3) In this section:

household services means services of a domestic nature (including cooking, house cleaning, laundry, and gardening) for running and maintaining the injured person's household.

personal services means services for the essential and regular personal care of the injured person.

Part II. Liability



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