Section 51—
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(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.