Victorian Current Acts

TRANSPORT ACCIDENT ACT 1986 - SECT 11

The objectives of the Commission are as follows—

        (a)     to manage the transport accident compensation scheme as effectively, efficiently and economically as possible;

        (b)     to ensure that appropriate compensation is delivered in the most socially and economically appropriate manner and as expeditiously as possible;

        (c)     to ensure that the transport accident scheme emphasises accident prevention and effective rehabilitation;

        (d)     to develop such internal management structures and procedures as will enable it to perform its functions and exercise its powers effectively, efficiently and economically;

S. 11(e) inserted by No. 26/2000 s. 25(5), amended by No. 67/2013 s. 649(Sch.  9 item 32(3)).

        (e)     to manage claims under the Accident Compensation Act 1985 or the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 as an authorised agent of the Victorian WorkCover Authority as effectively, efficiently and economically as possible;

S. 11(f) inserted by No. 26/2000 s. 25(5), amended by No. 73/2016 s. 6.

        (f)     if appointed as an agent of a self-insurer under section 392 of the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 , to carry out the functions and powers of a self-insurer as effectively, efficiently and economically as possible.