Victorian Numbered Acts

ACCIDENT COMPENSATION AMENDMENT ACT 2010 (NO. 9 OF 2010) - SECT 70

    (1)     For section 92B(9) of the Accident Compensation Act 1985 substitute —

    "(9)     A child ceases to be eligible under this section—

        (a)     on attaining the age of 16 years; or

        (b)     if the child is a full-time student or a full-time apprentice on attaining 16 years, whichever of the following occurs first—

              (i)     on ceasing to be a full-time student or full-time apprentice; or

              (ii)     the child attains the age of 25 years.

    (9A)     For the purposes of subsection (9)(b)—

        (a)     a child does not cease to be a full-time student or a full-time apprentice if that child ceases to be a student in order to become an apprentice;

        (b)     a child does not cease to be a full-time student or a full-time apprentice if that child ceases to be an apprentice in order to become a student;

        (c)     if a child attains the age of 25 years before ceasing to be a full-time student or full-time apprentice, the child remains eligible under this section until the end of the calendar year in which the child attains the age of 25.".

    (2)     Section 92B(10) of the Accident Compensation Act 1985 is repealed .