New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MOTOR ACCIDENTS COMPENSATION ACT 1999 - SECT 89A

89A Parties required to participate in settlement conference

(1) The parties to a claim must participate in a settlement conference as soon as practicable after the insurer makes an offer of settlement to the claimant under section 82.

(2) A claim cannot be referred to the Commission for assessment under this Part until the parties have participated in a settlement conference.

(3) A party can however refer a claim for assessment if the Commission is satisfied that the party is ready and willing to participate in a settlement conference but the other party has refused or failed to participate despite having had a reasonable opportunity to do so.

(4) A
"settlement conference" is a conference, the purpose of which is to settle the claim, in which the following persons participate--

(a) the claimant, the claimant's guardian or some other person authorised by the claimant to settle the claim on the claimant's behalf,

(b) a person authorised by the insurer to settle the claim on the insurer's behalf.