New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MOTOR ACCIDENTS COMPENSATION ACT 1999 - SECT 85A

85A Duty of claimant to provide relevant particulars of claim

(1) A claimant must provide the insurer of the person against whom the claim is made with all relevant particulars about the claim as expeditiously as possible after the claim is made.

(2) The Authority may approve a form to be completed by claimants in connection with the provision of particulars in compliance with this section.

(3) For the purposes of this section,
"relevant particulars" about a claim are full details of--

(a) the injuries sustained by the claimant in the motor accident, and

(b) all disabilities and impairments arising from those injuries, and

(c) any economic losses and other losses that are being claimed as damages,

sufficient to enable the insurer, as far as practicable, to make a proper assessment of the claimant's full entitlement to damages.