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TRANSPORT ACCIDENT ACT 1986 - SECT 196

Sections 46A (Degree of impairment) and 47 (Impairment benefit)

    (1)     Subject to subsections (2) and (3), section 46A, as amended by section 3 of the Compensation and Superannuation Legislation Amendment Act 2008 , and section 47, as amended by section 4 of the Compensation and Superannuation Legislation Amendment Act 2008 , apply in respect of any determination of the degree of impairment of a person injured as a result of a transport accident irrespective of when the injury occurred.

    (2)     Despite subsection (1), sections 46A and 47, as in force before the commencement of sections 3 and 4 of the Compensation and Superannuation Legislation Amendment Act 2008 , continue to apply in respect of any determination of the degree of impairment of a person injured as a result of a transport accident in respect of which an application for a determination of the degree of impairment has been made before that commencement.

    (3)     Despite subsection (1), the amendment of section 46A by section 3 of the Compensation and Superannuation Legislation Amendment Act 2008 and section 47 by section 4 of the Compensation and Superannuation Legislation Amendment Act 2008 does not affect the rights of the parties in the proceedings known as Byrne v Transport Accident Commission [2008] VSC 92 .

S 197 inserted by No. 65/2008 s. 7.



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