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NATIONAL INJURY INSURANCE SCHEME (QUEENSLAND) ACT 2016 - SECT 162

Amendment of s 51 (Obligation to provide rehabilitation services)

162 Amendment of s 51 (Obligation to provide rehabilitation services)

Section 51—
insert—

(3A) However, the insurer is not required to make rehabilitation services available to the claimant in relation to the claimant’s treatment, care and support needs as a result of the claimant’s injury if—
(a) the claimant is, when the needs arise, a participant in the injury insurance scheme in relation to a serious personal injury resulting from the motor vehicle accident the subject of the claim; or
(b) the needs arise after an amount is paid to the claimant, or a person acting for the claimant, under the National Injury Act, section (3)(a) in relation to a personal injury resulting from the motor vehicle accident the subject of the claim.
(3B) Subsection (3A) applies—
(a) whether or not the injury the subject of the claim is a serious personal injury; and
(b) whether or not the treatment, care and support needs are an approved service for the claimant under the National Injury Act; and
(c) whether or not the insurance agency must, under that Act, make a payment in relation to the treatment, care and support needs; and
(d) whether or not the treatment, care and support is provided without charge.



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