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MOTOR ACCIDENTS COMPENSATION ACT 1999 - SECT 120

Claims register

120 Claims register

(cf s 67 MAA)

(1) Within such period after receiving notice of a claim as the Authority may reasonably require, an insurer must forward to the Authority such details of the claim as the Authority requires.
(2) An insurer must provide such additional details to the Authority for inclusion in the register under this section as the Authority may reasonably require from time to time.
(3) Information concerning claims under this Act and claims under the Workers Compensation Acts is authorised to be exchanged between different parts of the Authority.
(3A) The Authority and the Lifetime Care and Support Authority are authorised to exchange information concerning claims under this Act, payments made to or on behalf of participants in the Scheme under the Motor Accidents (Lifetime Care and Support) Act 2006 and the treatment and care needs of those participants.
(4) The NSW Self Insurance Corporation constituted under the NSW Self Insurance Corporation Act 2004 is authorised to provide to the Authority any information concerning claims under the Motor Vehicles (Third Party Insurance) Act 1942 and the Transport Accidents Compensation Act 1987 .
(5) The Authority is to maintain a claims register comprising--
(a) details of claims notified by insurers under this Act, and
(b) details of claims made on the Nominal Defendant, and
(c) details of claims under the Workers Compensation Acts, the Motor Vehicles (Third Party Insurance) Act 1942 or the Transport Accidents Compensation Act 1987 of which the Authority is informed under this Act, and
(d) such additional details as the Authority considers appropriate for inclusion in the register, and
(e) details of which the Authority is informed under this Act of payments made to or on behalf of participants in the Scheme under the Motor Accidents (Lifetime Care and Support) Act 2006 and of the treatment and care needs of those participants.
(6) The claims register is to be open to inspection only by licensed insurers and such other persons or bodies as may be approved by the Authority.
(7) Licensed insurers are authorised to exchange information concerning claims notified by them under this Act.
(8) In this section--

"claim" includes an accident notification form under Part 3.2.

"this Act" includes the Motor Accidents Act 1988 .



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