CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION ACT 1985 - SECT 24B

This legislation has been repealed.

CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION ACT 1985 - SECT 24B

24B .         No award where injury or loss arises from certain motor vehicle accident

        (1)         Subject to subsection (2), the Chief Assessor shall not make an award to an applicant for compensation in respect of an injury or loss if the Chief Assessor considers that the injury or loss is directly caused by, or by the driving of, a motor vehicle within the meaning of the Motor Vehicle (Third Party Insurance) Act 1943 .

        (2)         Subsection (1) does not apply to an injury or loss if —

            (a)         the injury or loss was directly caused by the driving or other use of the motor vehicle for the purpose of committing the offence to which the application relates; and

            (b)         that offence is a crime as defined by section 3 of The Criminal Code .

        (3)         Subject to subsection (4), this section is deemed to have come into operation on 1 July 1993.

        (4)         Subsection (3) does not apply in relation to awards made before the commencement of section 8 of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Amendment Act 1996 .

        [Section 24B inserted by No. 71 of 1996 s.8.]