New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MOTOR ACCIDENTS COMPENSATION ACT 1999 - SECT 133

133 Method of assessing degree of impairment

(1) The assessment of the degree of permanent impairment of an injured person as a result of the injury caused by a motor accident is to be expressed as a percentage in accordance with this Part.

(2) The assessment of the degree of permanent impairment is to be made in accordance with--

(a) Motor Accidents Medical Guidelines issued for that purpose, or

(b) if there are no such guidelines in force--the American Medical Association's Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, Fourth Edition.

(3) In assessing the degree of permanent impairment under subsection (2) (b), regard must not be had to any psychiatric or psychological injury, impairment or symptoms, unless the assessment of the degree of permanent impairment is made solely with respect to the result of a psychiatric or psychological injury.

Note : See Part 3.1 for Motor Accidents Medical Guidelines.