{"id":"personal-injuries-liabilities-and-damages-regulations-2003","name":"PERSONAL INJURIES (LIABILITIES AND DAMAGES) REGULATIONS 2003","slug":"personal-injuries-liabilities-and-damages-regulations-2003","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"nt","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":177092,"registerId":"nt-personal-injuries-liabilities-and-damages-regulations-2003-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"PERSONAL INJURIES (LIABILITIES AND DAMAGES) REGULATIONS 2003","content":"NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA\nPERSONAL INJURIES (LIABILITIES AND DAMAGES) REGULATIONS\n2003\nAs in force at 1 May 2003\nTable of provisions\n1 Citation ............................................................................................ 1\n2 Commencement .............................................................................. 1\n3 Exclusion of claims from operation of the Act – section 4(4) ........... 1\nENDNOTES\n\n\n\nNORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA\n____________________\nAs in force at 1 May 2003\n____________________\nPERSONAL INJURIES (LIABILITIES AND DAMAGES) REGULATIONS\n2003\nRegulations under the Personal Injuries (Liabilities and Damages) Act\n2003\n1 Citation\nThese Regulations may be cited as the Personal Injuries (Liabilities\nand Damages) Regulations 2003.\n2 Commencement\nThese Regulations come into operation on the commencement of\nsection 33 of the Act.\n3 Exclusion of claims from operation of the Act – section 4(4)\nA claim or action for damages under the Motor Accidents\n(Compensation) Act 1979 is excluded from the operation of the Act\nother than Part 4, Division 6.\n\nENDNOTES\nPersonal Injuries (Liabilities and Damages) Regulations 2003 2\nENDNOTES\n1 KEY\nKey to abbreviations\namd = amended od = order\napp = appendix om = omitted\nbl = by-law pt = Part\nch = Chapter r = regulation/rule\ncl = clause rem = remainder\ndiv = Division renum = renumbered\nexp = expires/expired rep = repealed\nf = forms s = section\nGaz = Gazette sch = Schedule\nhdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision\nins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation\nlt = long title sub = substituted\nnc = not commenced\n2 LIST OF LEGISLATION\nPersonal Injuries (Liabilities and Damages) Regulations (SL No. 27, 2003)\nNotified 30 April 2003\nCommenced 1 May 2003 (r 2, s 2 Personal Injuries (Liabilities and\nDamages) Act 2003 (Act No. 3, 2003) and Gaz G17,\n30 April 2003, p 3)\n3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS\nGeneral amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table\nof amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation\nAmendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22, 2018) to: rr 1 and 3.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a short, targeted regulation that performs exactly the function suggested by its title and parent Act. It has not expanded beyond its original purpose of coordinating between the Personal Injuries Act and the Motor Accidents Act."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 regulations total","Single substantive provision (regulation 3) containing one exclusion and one exception","No defined terms in the regulations themselves (relies on parent Act)","No cross-references beyond the two Acts mentioned","No conditional logic or nested exceptions beyond the single carve-out structure","Total length under 500 words"],"plain_english_summary":"These are the **Personal Injuries (Liabilities and Damages) Regulations 2003**, a short set of rules made under a Northern Territory law about personal injury claims.\n\n**What this does:**\nThe regulations do one main thing: they **carve out an exception** for motor vehicle accident claims. Specifically, they say that claims for damages (compensation money) under the *Motor Accidents (Compensation) Act 1979* are **mostly excluded** from the main *Personal Injuries (Liabilities and Damages) Act 2003*.\n\n**The exception to the exception:**\nMotor accident claims still fall under **Part 4, Division 6** of the main Act. This division typically deals with legal costs and how they're calculated in personal injury matters.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- People injured in motor vehicle accidents in the Northern Territory\n- Lawyers handling motor accident compensation claims\n- Insurers dealing with these claims\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis creates a **two-track system**. If you're hurt in a car accident, you generally use the older 1979 Motor Accidents Act for your compensation claim, not the newer 2003 Personal Injuries Act. However, when it comes to arguing about legal fees (Part 4, Division 6), the newer Act still applies. This prevents overlapping or conflicting rules between the two schemes while ensuring consistent rules for legal costs."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Regulations implement an exclusion already framed by the Act: they exclude Motor Accidents (Compensation) Act 1979 claims from the Personal Injuries (Liabilities and Damages) Act 2003 except for Part 4, Division 6 (r 3), and set commencement timing linked to section 33 of the Act (r 2). They do not expand or narrow that exclusion beyond the terms stated."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument with only commencement and a single substantive exclusion (rr 1–3)","Direct cross‑reference to the Motor Accidents (Compensation) Act 1979 creates dependency on external legislation (r 3)","Commencement depends on commencement of section 33 of the principal Act, requiring coordination across instruments (r 2)","Exception for Part 4, Division 6 requires reading the Act and the Regulations together to determine scope (r 3)","Low procedural complexity but increases interpretive reliance on the structure and terms of the referenced Acts"],"plain_english_summary":"These Regulations set the start date (linked to section 33 of the Act) and remove claims under the Motor Accidents (Compensation) Act 1979 from the Personal Injuries (Liabilities and Damages) Act 2003, except for Part 4, Division 6 (rr 2–3). They therefore narrow which personal‑injury matters the new Act governs. Claimants and insurers in the motor‑accident scheme remain governed by that existing Act; insurers or other liable payors keep payment responsibility and motor‑accident decision‑makers retain authority (r 3)."},"summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Insufficient substantive content was provided in the legislation text to assess whether the scope of the regulations diverged from the original intent of the parent Act. The document appears to be largely metadata and structural scaffolding rather than substantive regulatory provisions."},"complexity_factors":["Regulations are subsidiary to a parent Act, requiring cross-referencing between the two instruments to understand the full legal framework","Personal injury law involves technical concepts such as heads of damage, liability apportionment, and statutory caps","Limited substantive text was provided, making it impossible to assess the full complexity of the actual provisions","Interaction with common law (judge-made law) principles adds interpretive layers","Northern Territory jurisdiction may have unique procedural nuances compared to other Australian states"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations are subordinate rules under the Personal Injuries (Liabilities and Damages) Act (NT), effective 1 May 2003, setting out the technical procedures and practical detail the Act leaves to subordinate law. They govern how personal injury claims are processed, how compensation and liability issues are handled, and how limits and procedures operate in practice.\n\nThey directly affect injured people, defendants, insurers and lawyers by defining the practical rules for claiming and defending personal injury damages."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/personal-injuries-liabilities-and-damages-regulations-2003","history":"/api/acts/personal-injuries-liabilities-and-damages-regulations-2003/history","analysis":"/api/acts/personal-injuries-liabilities-and-damages-regulations-2003/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/personal-injuries-liabilities-and-damages-regulations-2003/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/personal-injuries-liabilities-and-damages-regulations-2003/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/personal-injuries-liabilities-and-damages-regulations-2003/documents"}}