Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 54(1) amended
by No. 34/1998
s. 11.
(1) The Commission is liable to pay in respect of a minor who, as a result of a transport accident—
(a) is injured; and
(b) suffers a degree of impairment that is more than 10 per centum—
a weekly payment in respect of the impairment after the first 18 months after the accident until the minor attains the age of 18 years or ceases to suffer the impairment, whichever first occurs.
S. 54(2) amended by No. 32/1988 s. 13(3).
(2) The amount of the weekly payment under this section is the amount calculated in accordance with the formula—
$59A
where—
A is the degree of impairment of the minor as a result of the accident.
(3) The Commission may make payments under this section weekly or at such other intervals as the Commission determines in a particular case.
(4) Payments under this section must be paid to a parent or guardian of the minor for the benefit of the minor.
S. 54A inserted by No. 60/2007 s. 12.