Queensland Numbered Acts

MOTOR ACCIDENT INSURANCE AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2019 - SECT 28

28 Amendment of s 17 (Statement of information for notice of claim—Act, s 37(1)(a))

(1) Section 17 (1) , after ‘about’, first mention—
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each of

(2) Section 17 (1) (a) —
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(vi) medicare number;

(vii) whether the claimant requires an interpreter and, if so, the language of the interpreter;

(3) Section 17 (1) (b) —
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(vii) a diagram showing, to the best of the claimant’s knowledge, where the driver and each occupant of the vehicle was sitting in the vehicle at the time of the accident;

(4) Section 17 (1) (e) , ‘names and addresses’—
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names, addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses

(5) Section 17 (1) —
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(ea) whether, in relation to the vehicle the claimant or, for a derivative claim, the injured person was travelling in at the time of the accident, a property damage claim has been made under a comprehensive insurance policy or a third party property damage policy;

(eb) if a claim has been made under a policy mentioned in paragraph (f)—the insurer for the policy, the policy number and the number of any property damage claim made under the policy;

(6) Section 17 (1) (f) , ‘names and addresses’—
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names, addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses

(7) Section 17 (1) (n) and (o) —
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(n) for a claim other than a derivative claim—

(i) the date the claimant was first physically examined by a doctor in relation to personal injury resulting from the accident; and

(iii) the date the claimant was first physically examined by the certifying doctor in relation to personal injury resulting from the accident; and

(iv) the unique identifier given to the certifying doctor under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law , section 233;

(o) if the claimant consulted a lawyer about the possibility of making a claim—the date the claimant first consulted the lawyer;

(p) if the claimant has retained a law practice to act for the claimant in relation to the claim—

(i) the name of the law practice; and

(ii) the date the claimant retained the law practice.

(8) Section 17 (1) (ea) to (p) —
renumber as section 17 (1) (f) to (r) .

(9) Section 17 (4) —
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"certifying doctor" means the doctor who signed the certificate mentioned in section 18(1)(a).

(10) Section 17 (4) , definition
"derivative claim" , ‘motor vehicle accident claim’—
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claim

(11) Section 17 (4) , definition
"derivative claim" —
relocate to schedule 5 .