{"id":"sl-2015-15","name":"Lifetime Care and Support (Catastrophic Injuries) Regulation 2015","slug":"lifetime-care-and-support-catastrophic-injuries-regulation-2015","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"15 of 2015","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173439,"registerId":"act-sl-2015-15-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Lifetime Care and Support (Catastrophic Injuries) Regulation 2015","content":"Australian Capital Territory\nLifetime Care and Support (Catastrophic\nInjuries) Regulation 2015\nSL2015-15\nmade under the\nLifetime Care and Support (Catastrophic Injuries) Act 2014\nRepublication No 1\nEffective: 5 May 2015\nRepublication date: 5 May 2015\nRegulation not amended\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel\n\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAbout this republication\nThe republished law\nThis is a republication of the Lifetime Care and Support (Catastrophic Injuries)\nRegulation 2015, made under the Lifetime Care and Support (Catastrophic Injuries) Act 2014\n(including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes))\nas in force on 5 May 2015. It also includes any commencement, repeal or expiry affecting this\nrepublished law.\nThe legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3\nand 4.\nKinds of republications\nThe Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the\nACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):\n authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies\n unauthorised republications.\nThe status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.\nEditorial amendments\nThe Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial\namendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.\nEditorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made\nby an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117).\nThe changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law\ninto line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.\nThis republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).\nUncommenced provisions and amendments\nIf a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol U appears immediately\nbefore the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law\nare accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au). For more\ninformation, see the home page for this law on the register.\nModifications\nIf a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol M\nappears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying provision appears\nin the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act 2001, section 95.\nPenalties\nAt the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $150 for\nan individual and $750 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).\n\nR1\n05/05/15\nLifetime Care and Support (Catastrophic Injuries)\nRegulation 2015\nEffective: 05/05/15\ncontents 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nLifetime Care and Support (Catastrophic\nInjuries) Regulation 2015\nmade under the\nLifetime Care and Support (Catastrophic Injuries) Act 2014\nContents\nPage\n1 Name of regulation 2\n3 Dictionary 2\n4 Notes 2\n5 Authorised people—Act, s 12 2\nDictionary 3\n\nContents\nPage\ncontents 2 Lifetime Care and Support (Catastrophic Injuries)\nRegulation 2015\nEffective: 05/05/15\nR1\n05/05/15\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes 4\n2 Abbreviation key 4\n3 Legislation history 5\n4 Amendment history 5\n\nR1\n05/05/15\nLifetime Care and Support (Catastrophic Injuries)\nRegulation 2015\nEffective: 05/05/15\npage 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nLifetime Care and Support (Catastrophic\nInjuries) Regulation 2015\nmade under the\nLifetime Care and Support (Catastrophic Injuries) Act 2014\n\nSection 1\npage 2 Lifetime Care and Support (Catastrophic Injuries)\nRegulation 2015\nEffective: 05/05/15\nR1\n05/05/15\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n1 Name of regulation\nThis regulation is the Lifetime Care and Support (Catastrophic\nInjuries) Regulation 2015.\n3 Dictionary\nThe dictionary at the end of this regulation is part of this regulation.\nNote 1 The dictionary at the end of this regulation defines certain terms used in\nthis regulation.\nNote 2 A definition in the dictionary applies to the entire regulation unless the\ndefinition, or another provision of the regulation, provides otherwise or\nthe contrary intention otherwise appears (see Legislation Act, s 155 and\ns 156 (1)).\n4 Notes\nA note included in this regulation is explanatory and is not part of\nthis regulation.\nNote See the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of\nnotes.\n5 Authorised people—Act, s 12\nThe following people are prescribed:\n(a) the Lifetime Care and Support Authority of New South Wales;\n(b) the general manager (however described) of the Lifetime Care\nand Support Authority of New South Wales;\n(c) an authorised person under the Motor Accidents (Lifetime Care\nand Support) Act 2006 (NSW), section 41 (3) (Delegation of\nfunctions).\n\nDictionary\nR1\n05/05/15\nLifetime Care and Support (Catastrophic Injuries)\nRegulation 2015\nEffective: 05/05/15\npage 3\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nDictionary\n(see s 3)\nNote 1 The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to\nthis regulation.\nNote 2 For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:\n signpost definition (see s 131)\n under.\nLifetime Care and Support Authority of New South Wales means\nthe Lifetime Care and Support Authority of New South Wales\nconstituted under the Motor Accidents (Lifetime Care and Support)\nAct 2006 (NSW), section 33.\n\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes\npage 4 Lifetime Care and Support (Catastrophic Injuries)\nRegulation 2015\nEffective: 05/05/15\nR1\n05/05/15\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes\nAmending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the\namendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished\nlaw but are set out in the endnotes.\nNot all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are\nannotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be\nobtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.\nUncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The\ndetails of these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced\nexpiries are underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.\nIf all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered\nprovisions gives details of previous and current numbering.\nThe endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.\n2 Abbreviation key\nA = Act NI = Notifiable instrument\nAF = Approved form o = order\nam = amended om = omitted/repealed\namdt = amendment ord = ordinance\nAR = Assembly resolution orig = original\nch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph\nCN = Commencement notice pres = present\ndef = definition prev = previous\nDI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously\ndict = dictionary pt = part\ndisallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule\nAssembly reloc = relocated\ndiv = division renum = renumbered\nexp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No\nGaz = gazette RI = reissue\nhdg = heading s = section/subsection\nIA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule\nins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision\nLA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law\nLR = legislation register sub = substituted\nLRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced\nmod = modified/modification or to be expired\n\nEndnotes\nLegislation history 3\nR1\n05/05/15\nLifetime Care and Support (Catastrophic Injuries)\nRegulation 2015\nEffective: 05/05/15\npage 5\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history\nLifetime Care and Support (Catastrophic Injuries) Regulation 2015\nSL2015-15\nnotified LR 4 May 2015\ns 1, s 2 commenced 4 May 2015 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 5 May 2015 (s 2)\n4 Amendment history\nCommencement\ns 2 om LA s 89 (4)\n© Australian Capital Territory 2015","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This regulation appears to serve its original narrow purpose of authorising specific NSW entities to act under the parent Act. There is no evidence of scope creep; it remains a simple machinery provision supporting the inter-jurisdictional arrangement."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short length (5 sections, effectively 1 substantive provision)","Only 1 defined term in the dictionary","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Single straightforward cross-reference to NSW legislation","No penalties, offences, or procedural requirements","Purely administrative/ machinery provision"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation authorises specified New South Wales officials and the Lifetime Care and Support Authority (including its general manager and persons authorised under the NSW Motor Accidents lifetime care law) to exercise powers under the ACT’s Lifetime Care and Support (Catastrophic Injuries) Act 2014. It legally enables the ACT to use NSW’s established catastrophic‑injury scheme and gives NSW officials clear authority to make decisions affecting qualifying ACT residents."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation does not change the Act's substantive scope. It implements the Act's mechanism for authorised persons (Act, s 12) by naming the NSW Authority, its general manager, and delegated NSW persons; it neither creates new functions nor alters benefits, obligations, or eligibility under the principal Act."},"complexity_factors":["Very short and narrowly focused—prescribes authorised people only (s 5).","Relies on external law for substance: references the NSW Motor Accidents (Lifetime Care and Support) Act 2006 (s 5 and Dictionary).","Uses standard interpretive hooks to the Legislation Act for dictionary and note operation (s 3–4).","Cross‑jurisdictional delegation and recognition can create procedural or accountability questions despite simple text.","Administrative details (endnotes) such as penalty unit values and commencement timing add technical context but not substantive complexity."],"plain_english_summary":"Mechanically, this regulation names who counts as an \"authorised person\" under the Lifetime Care and Support (Catastrophic Injuries) Act 2014: the NSW Lifetime Care and Support Authority, its general manager, and persons authorised under the NSW Motor Accidents (Lifetime Care and Support) Act 2006. It matters because it enables those NSW officers to perform functions under the ACT Act, a narrow administrative rule that creates cross‑jurisdictional recognition with minimal direct compliance costs."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/lifetime-care-and-support-catastrophic-injuries-regulation-2015","history":"/api/acts/lifetime-care-and-support-catastrophic-injuries-regulation-2015/history","analysis":"/api/acts/lifetime-care-and-support-catastrophic-injuries-regulation-2015/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/lifetime-care-and-support-catastrophic-injuries-regulation-2015/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/lifetime-care-and-support-catastrophic-injuries-regulation-2015/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/lifetime-care-and-support-catastrophic-injuries-regulation-2015/documents"}}