New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MOTOR ACCIDENTS COMPENSATION ACT 1999 - SECT 141A

141A No damages relating to treatment and care needs for Lifetime Care and Support Scheme participants

(1) No damages may be awarded to a person who is a participant in the Scheme under the Motor Accidents (Lifetime Care and Support) Act 2006 in respect of any of the treatment and care needs of the participant, or any excluded treatment and care needs, that relate to the motor accident injury in respect of which the person is a participant in the Scheme and that arise during the period in which the person is a participant in the Scheme.

(2) This section applies--

(a) whether or not the treatment and care needs are assessed treatment and care needs under the Motor Accidents (Lifetime Care and Support) Act 2006 , and

(b) whether or not the Lifetime Care and Support Authority is required to make a payment in respect of the treatment and care needs concerned, and

(c) whether or not the treatment, care, support or service (provided in connection with treatment and care needs) is provided on a gratuitous basis.

(3) In this section,
"treatment and care needs" and
"excluded treatment and care needs" have the same meanings as they have in the Motor Accidents (Lifetime Care and Support) Act 2006 .