264Section 91 (Assessment of impairment)

264 Section 91 (Assessment of impairment) (1) Section 91, as amended by section 7 of the amending Act, applies to all assessments (including assessments made for the purposes of claims and applications referred to in section 255) made on or after the date of commencement of section 7. (2) For the purposes of assessments made for the purposes of claims and applications referred to in section 255(2), a reference in sections 91(9) and 91(10) to the A.M.A. Guides is to be read as a reference to the American Medical Association's Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (Second Edition). (3) Section 91(7), as amended by section 8(3) of the amending Act, only applies in respect of assessments for injuries that are made on or after the date of commencement of section 8. (4) Despite the repeal of sections 91(11) and 91(12) by section 9(1) of the amending Act, those sections continue to apply according to their terms in respect of claims for compensation lodged before the date of commencement of section 9(1). New s. 265 inserted by No. 95/2003 s. 23.