Victorian Current Acts

TRANSPORT ACCIDENT ACT 1986 - SECT 8

The objects of this Act are as follows—

        (a)     to reduce the cost to the Victorian community of compensation for transport accidents;

S. 8(b) amended by No. 84/1994 s. 18.

        (b)     to provide, in the most socially and economically appropriate manner, suitable and just compensation in respect of persons injured or who die as a result of transport accidents;

        (c)     to determine claims for compensation speedily and efficiently;

        (d)     to reduce the incidence of transport accidents;

        (e)     to provide suitable systems for the effective rehabilitation of persons injured as a result of transport accidents.