Victorian Current Acts

WRONGS ACT 1958 - SECT 28LO

    (1)     A claimant may, in writing, ask the respondent to waive the requirement for an assessment of degree of impairment under this Part.

S. 28LO(1A) inserted by No. 102/2003 s. 18(1).

    (1A)     A request under subsection (1) must be in the prescribed form (if any) and include the prescribed information (if any).

S. 28LO(2) amended by No. 102/2003 s. 18(2).

    (2)     A respondent to whom a request under subsection (1) is made must respond in writing to the request within 60 days after receiving it.

    (3)     The response must—

        (a)     state that the respondent is a proper respondent to the claim and state that the respondent agrees to waive the requirement for the assessment of degree of impairment under this Part because the injury is significant injury; or

        (b)     state that the respondent is a proper respondent to the claim and request that the claimant obtain an assessment of degree of impairment under this Part; or

S. 28LO(3)(c) amended by No. 102/2003 s. 18(3).

        (c)     if the respondent is unable to decide, on the information contained in the request, whether the respondent is a proper respondent to the claim, advise the claimant of the further information the respondent reasonably needs to decide whether the respondent is a proper respondent to the claim; or

        (d)     state that the respondent believes that the respondent is not a proper respondent to the claim, give the reasons for the belief and give any information that may help the claimant to identify the proper respondent.

S. 28LO(4) amended by No. 102/2003 s. 18(2).

    (4)     If the respondent fails to respond within the 60 days, the requirement for the assessment of degree of impairment cannot be waived by the respondent.

S. 28LO(5) inserted by No. 102/2003 s. 18(4).

    (5)     Information prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1A) may include information relating to—

        (a)     the identity of the claimant;

        (b)     the nature of the claim;

        (c)     the injury;

        (d)     the incident out of which the alleged injury arose;

        (e)     any medical practitioner who has treated the injury.

S. 28LP inserted by No. 60/2003 s. 4.