MOTOR VEHICLE (THIRD PARTY INSURANCE) ACT 1943 - SECT 6A
MOTOR VEHICLE (THIRD PARTY INSURANCE) ACT 1943 - SECT 6A
6A . Insurance relating to catastrophic injury
(1) In this section
—
motor vehicle accident has the meaning given in
the MV(CI) Act section 4(1).
(2) Subject to
subsection (3), a policy of insurance complying with this Act is also taken to
insure any person (the injured person ) against the risk of suffering a
catastrophic injury that —
(a) is a
motor vehicle injury to which the MV(CI) Act applies; and
(b)
results from a motor vehicle accident involving the vehicle mentioned in the
policy.
(3) The insurance
referred to in subsection (2) extends only to the making of payments under the
CISS for, or in respect of, necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by or
on behalf of the injured person in relation to the injured person’s
assessed treatment, care and support needs.
[Section 6A inserted: No. 8 of 2016 s. 50.]