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Accident Compensation Act 1985
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(1) In this Act—
***appointed day*** means four o'clock in the afternoon of the day before the proclaimed day;
***first entitlement period*** has the meaning given by section 91E;
***personal and household service*** means the provision of one or more of the following of a kind or type, and by a person, approved by the Authority—
(a) attendant care;
(b) counselling;
(c) household help;
(d) transportation costs;
(e) at the request of a medical practitioner, an aid, assistance, appliance, apparatus or service, other than a medical service, hospital service or nursing service—
and includes a rehabilitation service provided under this Act as in force before the commencement of section 80 of the **Accident Compensation (WorkCover Insurance) Act 1993**;
S. 5(1) def. of *police officer* inserted by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch item 2.1).
***police officer*** has the same meaning as in the **Victoria Police Act 2013**;
***prescribed*** means prescribed by regulations made under the **Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013**;
***proclaimed day*** means the day fixed under section 2(2);
***second entitlement period*** has the meaning given by section 91E;
***weekly payment*** means compensation in the form of a weekly payment under Division 2 of Part IV.
(2) Unless inconsistent with the context or subject-matter—
(a) words and expressions defined in section 3 of the **Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013** have the same meaning in this Act as they have in that Act; and
(b) section 4(1) and (2) and Schedule 1 of the **Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013** have effect as if enacted in this Act.
Pt 1 Div. 2 (Heading) inserted by No. 80/2010 s. 21.