Civil Law (Wrongs) Act 2002
69Respondent to give documents etc to contributor
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69 Respondent to give documents etc to contributor (1) A respondent must give a contributor added by the respondent copies of the following that are in the respondent’s possession: (a) reports and other documents about the accident claimed to have given rise to the personal injury to which the claim relates; (b) reports or surveillance film about the claimant’s medical (c) reports or surveillance film about the claimant’s cognitive, functional or vocational capacity; (d) reports or surveillance film about the claimant’s personal injury and of any consequent disabilities; (e) if applicable, information about the medical treatment and rehabilitation services the claimant has sought or obtained; (f) information about the claimant’s medical history, as far as it is relevant to the claim, and any other claims for damages for personal injury made by the claimant; (g) information about the claimant’s claim for past and future economic loss; (h) information about any claim known to the respondent for gratuitous services consequent on the claimant’s personal injury. Note Damages may not be awarded in a motor accident claim for gratuitous care (see Motor Accident Injuries Act 2019, s 249). (2) The respondent must give the copies— prescribed, within 1 month after the day the respondent gives a contribution notice to the contributor); and
(b) to the extent that a report, film or other document or information mentioned in subsection (1) comes into the respondent’s possession later, within 7 days after the day it comes into the respondent’s possession.