Div 13Regulations

Division 13—Regulations 76—Assessment of motor vehicle injuries (1) The regulations may, in relation to any claim, entitlement or award of damages in respect of personal injury arising from an MVA motor accident— (a) authorise an insurer or the nominal defendant under Part 4 of the Motor Vehicles Act 1959 to require a claimant to submit to an assessment or examination of a prescribed kind; and (b) require that an examination or assessment be undertaken by an accredited health professional (see subsection (2)) in order to obtain advice and evidence in relation to any relevant matter; and (c) specify procedures to be followed in connection with any examination or assessment, including as to the determination or selection of an accredited health professional who is to undertake the examination or assessment; and (d) specify the maximum number of examinations or assessments that may be made in a particular case; and (e) prescribe rules that are to be applied with respect to the determination of any injury scale value under this Act; and (f) without limiting a preceding paragraph, make provision for the provision of advice or evidence about diagnosis, causation, prognosis, future requirements for treatment, care or support, or other matters that are relevant to any assessment of damages or liability in respect of the injury; and (g) make provision for the preparation and furnishing of reports and other information or material, including as to the procedures or processes associated with requesting any report, document or other material, the form of any report, document or other material, and the persons to whom any report, document or other material is to be provided or made available; and (h) provide for any other matter that may be relevant to assessing or determining a claim or entitlement, or making an award of damages. (2) The designated Minister may establish an accreditation scheme with respect to health professionals in connection with regulations under this section. (3) The accreditation scheme— (a) may provide for a term or a period of accreditation, and for the suspension or cancellation of accreditation on specified grounds; and (b) may specify terms or conditions of accreditation; and (c) may provide for any aspect of the scheme to be administered or managed by a person or body specified by the designated Minister; and (d) may provide that a person holding an accreditation, registration or other form of authorisation or status under another scheme recognised by the designated Minister will be taken to hold an accreditation under this section; and (e) may be amended or substituted by the designated Minister from time to time. (4) The rules that are to apply for the purpose of assessing injury scale values (ISVs) for multiple injuries must include 1 or more provisions that adopt the following principles: (a) a court must consider the range of ISVs for the dominant injury of the multiple injuries; (b) in order to reflect the level of adverse impact of multiple injuries on an injured person, a court may assess the ISV for the multiple injuries as being higher in the range of ISVs for the dominant injury of the multiple injuries than the ISV that the court would assess for the dominant injury only; (c) if a court considers that the level of impact of multiple injuries on an injured person is so severe that the maximum ISV for the dominant injury is inadequate to reflect the level of impact, the court may make an assessment of the ISV for the multiple injuries that is higher than the maximum ISV for the dominant injury, subject to the following qualifications: (i) the ISV for multiple injuries cannot exceed 100; (ii) the ISV for multiple injuries should rarely be more than 25% higher than the maximum ISV for the dominant injury. (5) In connection with the operation of subsection (4), a dominant injury, in relation to multiple injuries, is— (a) subject to paragraph (b)—the injury of the multiple injuries having the highest range; or (b) if the highest range for 2 or more of the injuries of the multiple injuries is the same—the injury of those injuries selected as the dominant injury by a court assessing an ISV. (6) Subsections (4) and (5) do not limit any other principle or provision that may apply under the regulations in relation to the assessment and determination of an ISV for a particular injury. (7) For the purposes of the rules that are to apply for the purpose of assessing any injury scale value under a designated section (being rules that determine a substantive matter rather than prescribe a procedural matter), the relevant regulations are the regulations applying at the time of the occurrence of the relevant injury. (8) If a person fails to comply with a requirement prescribed under subsection (1) in respect of a claim or proceedings made or commenced by the person— (a) in the case of a claim—a person or body to which the claim has been made may decline to consider or deal with the claim while the failure continues; and (b) the person is not entitled, until he or she complies with the requirement, to commence proceedings or to continue proceedings that have been commenced in respect of the personal injury. (9) In addition, the regulations may— (a) require an insurer or the nominal defendant under Part 4 of the Motor Vehicles Act 1959 to pay for the costs of examinations and assessments, and for the preparation and furnishing of reports, documents or other material, in prescribed circumstances (subject to any limits specified in the regulations); and (b) limit the liability of an insurer or the nominal defendant under Part 4 of the Motor Vehicles Act 1959 to pay for the costs of examinations and assessments, and for the preparation and furnishing of reports, documents or other material, in connection with a claim (and any such regulation may provide that prescribed costs (if any) be borne by a claimant and will have effect according to its terms and despite a liability that would otherwise arise under Part 4 of the Motor Vehicles Act 1959 or any other Act or law); and (c) require an insurer or the nominal defendant under Part 4 of the Motor Vehicles Act 1959 to make a contribution (determined in accordance with the regulations) towards the costs of the accreditation scheme established by the Minister under this section (including so that the scheme is fully‑funded through the making of those contributions). (10) A regulation under subsection (1)(e) may only be made on the recommendation of the designated Minister. (11) Before the designated Minister makes a recommendation under subsection (10), the designated Minister must consult with— (a) the Attorney‑General; and (b) The South Australian Branch of the Australian Medical Association Incorporated; and (c) The Law Society of South Australia. (12) If an association referred to in subsection (11) objects to any matter contained in a regulation under subsection (10), the designated Minister must, at the request of that association, prepare a report that— (a) provides information about the consultation that has been undertaken; and (b) sets out the objection that has been made (including the reasons put forward by the association for its objection). (13) The Minister must cause a copy of a report under subsection (12) to be laid before both Houses of Parliament as soon as is reasonably practicable after the request is made. (14) In addition, a regulation that would have the effect of changing the injury scale value applying with respect to a particular injury so that a person who suffers that injury (and no other injury) would, on account of that change, no longer have a right to damages for non‑economic loss under section 52(3) and (4) cannot come into operation until the time for disallowance of the regulation has passed. (15) Nothing in this section is intended to prevent or restrict a court from exercising any judicial power or from determining a matter according to law. (16) In this section— designated Minister means the Minister from time to time designated by the Governor by proclamation to be the designated Minister for the purposes of this section; designated section means any of the following sections: (a) section 52; (b) section 56A; (c) section 58; (d) section 65; health professional means— (a) a registered health practitioner under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (other than a student); or (b) a person who is within a class brought within the ambit of this definition by the regulations. 77—Regulations—general provisions (1) Without limiting section 76, the Governor may make such regulations as are contemplated by this Act or as are necessary or expedient for the purposes of this Act. (2) A regulation under this Act may— (a) refer to or incorporate, wholly or partially and with or without modification, a document prepared or published by a specified body, either as in force at the time the regulation is made or as in force from time to time; and (b) be of general or limited application; and (c) make different provision according to the persons or circumstances to which it is expressed to apply; and (d) provide that a matter is to be determined according to the discretion of a prescribed person or body. Legislative history Notes • Amendments of this version that are uncommenced are not incorporated into the text. • Please note—References in the legislation to other legislation or instruments or to titles of bodies or offices are not automatically updated as part of the program for the revision and publication of legislation and therefore may be obsolete. • Earlier versions of this Act (historical versions) are listed at the end of the legislative history. • For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or www.legislation.sa.gov.au. Formerly Wrongs Act 1936 Principal Act and amendments New entries appear in bold. Year No Title Assent Commencement Wrongs Act 1936 13.8.1936 13.8.1936 Wrongs Act Amendment Act 1939 22.11.1939 22.11.1939 Wrongs Act Amendment Act 1940 28.11.1940 28.11.1940 Wrongs Act Amendment Act 1944 23.11.1944 23.11.1944 Wrongs Act Amendment Act 1951 13.12.1951 13.12.1951 Statute Law Revision Act 1952 4.12.1952 4.12.1952 Limitation of Actions and Wrongs Acts Amendment Act 1956 8.11.1956 8.11.1956 Wrongs Act Amendment Act 1956 22.11.1956 22.11.1956 Wrongs Act Amendment Act 1958 27.11.1958 27.11.1958 Wrongs Act Amendment Act 1959 10.12.1959 10.12.1959 Statutes Amendment (Law of Property and Wrongs) Act 1972 30.3.1972 18.5.1972 (Gazette 18.5.1972 p1926) Statutes Amendment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1972 27.4.1972 18.5.1972 (Gazette 18.5.1972 p1926) Wrongs Act Amendment Act 1974 17.10.1974 28.11.1974 (Gazette 28.11.1974 p3373) Statute Law Revision Act (No. 2) 1975 Wrongs Act Amendment Act 1975 29.1.1976 (Gazette 29.1.1976 p356) Wrongs Act Amendment Act 1983 Wrongs Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1983 Wrongs Act Amendment Act 1986 24.12.1986 8.2.1987 (Gazette 5.2.1987 p250) Wrongs Act Amendment Act 1987 30.4.1987 5.7.1987 (Gazette 28.5.1987 p1384) Wrongs Act Amendment Act 1988 5.5.1988 8.2.1987: s 2 Wrongs Amendment Act 1991 Statutes Amendment (Motor Vehicles and Wrongs) Act 1993 4.3.1993 3.5.1993 (Gazette 29.4.1993 p1476) Statutes Amendment (Courts) Act 1993 27.5.1993 s 42—28.10.1993 (Gazette 27.10.1993 p1892) Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio) Act 1994 26.5.1994 7.7.1994 (Gazette 7.7.1994 p4) Passenger Transport Act 1994 26.5.1994 Sch 4—1.7.1994 (Gazette 30.6.1994 p1843) Criminal Law Consolidation (Felonies and Misdemeanours) Amendment Act 1994 27.10.1994 1.1.1995 (Gazette 8.12.1994 p1942) Racial Vilification Act 1996 12.12.1996 6.7.1998 (Gazette 2.7.1998 p9) Statutes Amendment (References to Banks) Act 1997 12.6.1997 Pt 13 (s 19)—3.7.1997 (Gazette 3.7.1997 p4) Non-Metropolitan Railways (Transfer) Act 1997 31.7.1997 11.9.1997 (Gazette 11.9.1997 p703) Statutes Amendment (Motor Accidents) Act 1998 17.9.1998 Pt 3 (s 13) and Pt 4 (s 14)—29.10.1998 (Gazette 17.9.1998 p902) Financial Sector Reform (South Australia) Act 1999 17.6.1999 Sch (item 64)—1.7.1999 being the date specified under s 3(16) of the Financial Sector Reform (Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1999 of the Commonwealth as the transfer date for the purposes of that Act: s 2(2) Wrongs (Damage by Aircraft) Amendment Act 2000 20.4.2000 9.11.2000 (Gazette 9.11.2000 p3004) Law Reform (Contributory Negligence and Apportionment of Liability) Act 2001 3.8.2001 s 9(1)—16.8.2001 (Gazette 16.8.2001 p3046) Wrongs (Liability and Damages for Personal Injury) Amendment Act 2002 12.9.2002 1.12.2002 (Gazette 28.11.2002 p4293) Law Reform (Delay in Resolution of Personal Injury Claims) Act 2002 28.11.2002 s 4—10.3.2003 (Gazette 13.2.2003 p581) Statute Law Revision Act 2003 23.10.2003 Sch 1—24.11.2003 (Gazette 13.11.2003 p4048) Law Reform (Ipp Recommendations) Act 2004 8.4.2004 Pt 2 (ss 4—72)—1.5.2004 (Gazette 29.4.2004 p1172) Defamation Act 2005 27.10.2005 Sch 1 (cll 2 & 3)—1.1.2006: s 2 Dust Diseases Act 2005 8.12.2005 Sch 1 (cl 1)—8.2.2006: s 2 Statutes Amendment (Domestic Partners) Act 2006 14.12.2006 Pt 15 (ss 42—51)—1.6.2007 (Gazette 26.4.2007 p1352) Statutes Amendment (Justice Portfolio) Act 2006 14.12.2006 Pt 6 (ss 8—10)—18.1.2007 (Gazette 18.1.2007 p234) Civil Liability (Food Donors and Distributors) Amendment Act 2008 11.12.2008 12.12.2008 (Gazette 11.12.2008 p5474) Statutes Amendment and Repeal (Fair Trading) Act 2009 23.7.2009 Pt 3 (ss 7 & 8)—1.1.2011 (Gazette 9.12.2010 p5580) Motor Vehicle Accidents (Lifetime Support Scheme) Act 2013 23.5.2013 Sch 2 (cll 2—8, 21 & 23)—1.7.2013 (Gazette 20.6.2013 p2629) Return to Work Act 2014 6.11.2014 Sch 9 (cl 3)—1.7.2015 (Gazette 4.12.2014 p6610) Civil Liability (Disclosure of Information) Amendment Act 2014 27.11.2014 2.10.2015 (Gazette 10.9.2015 p4221) Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio) Act 2016 Pt 3 (s 5)—16.6.2016: s 2(1) Statutes Amendment (Registered Relationships) Act 2017 26.4.2017 Pt 4 (s 8)—1.8.2017 (Gazette 1.8.2017 p3039) Civil Liability (Institutional Child Abuse Liability) Amendment Act 2021 9.12.2021 1.8.2022 (Gazette 28.7.2022 p2373) Civil Liability (BYO Containers) Amendment Act 2022 Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio and Other Justice Measures) Act 2023 23.2.2023 Pt 4 (s 7)—22.6.2023 (Gazette 15.6.2023 p1774) Children and Young People (Safety and Support) Act 2025 12.6.2025 Sch 2 (cll 9 & 10)—uncommenced Provisions amended since 3 February 1976 • Legislative history prior to 3 February 1976 appears in marginal notes and footnotes included in the consolidation of this Act contained in Volume 11 of The Public General Acts of South Australia 1837-1975 at page 642. New entries appear in bold. Entries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics. Provision How varied Commencement Pt 1 Pt 1 heading Pt A1 heading inserted by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1) 24.11.2003 Pt 1 heading inserted by 9/2004 s 4 Pt A1 heading renumbered Pt 1 heading under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002 s 1 substituted by 9/2004 s 5 s 2 substituted by 9/2004 s 6 s 3 substituted by 116/1983 s 2 deleted by 9/2004 s 7 s 3 s 3A redesignated as s 3 by 9/2004 s 8(6) s 3(1) s 3 redesignated as s 3(1) by 15/2013 Sch 2(3) accident inserted by 9/2004 s 8(1) consequential mental harm Consumer Price Index contributory negligence damages domestic partner inserted by 43/2006 s 42(1) substituted by 13/2017 s 8(1) drive duty of care harm health care service intoxicated the judgment first given deleted by 9/2004 s 8(2) medical expenses mental harm motor accident amended by 15/2013 Sch 2 cl 2(1) motor vehicle MVA motor accident inserted by 15/2013 Sch 2 cl 2(2) negligence newspaper deleted by 50/2005 Sch 1 cl 2 non-economic loss inserted by 9/2004 s 8(3) obvious risk inserted by 9/2004 s 8(3) passenger compartment personal injury or injury precaution prescribed discount rate prescribed maximum prescribed minimum pure mental harm putative spouse deleted by 43/2006 s 42(2) registered relationship inserted by 13/2017 s 8(2) spouse substituted by 43/2006 s 42(3) State average weekly earnings inserted by 9/2004 s 8(5) s 3(2) inserted by 15/2013 Sch 2 cl 2(3) s 3B inserted by 116/1983 s 3 omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002 10.3.2003 s 4 inserted by 9/2004 s 9 s 4(3) deleted by 39/2009 s 7 s 4(4) amended by 16/2014 Sch 9 cl 3 1.7.2015 Pt 2 before deletion by 50/2005 Pt 2 heading Pt 1 heading deleted and Pt 2 heading inserted by 9/2004 s 10 s 6 amended by 116/1983 s 4 s 7 s 7(1) amended by 116/1983 s 5 amended by 30/1997 s 19 3.7.1997 amended by 33/1999 Sch (item 64) 1.7.1999 s 8 amended by 116/1983 s 6 s 10 s 10(1) amended by 116/1983 s 7 s 11 amended by 116/1983 s 8 s 14 amended by 116/1983 s 9 Pt 2 deleted by 50/2005 Sch 1 cl 3 Pt 3 Pt 1A comprising s 17A and heading inserted by 116/1983 s 10 Pt 3 heading Pt 1A heading deleted and Pt 3 heading inserted by 9/2004 s 11 s 18 s 17A redesignated as s 18 by 9/2004 s 12 Pt 4 Pt 1B comprising s 17B—17E and heading inserted by 45/1987 s 3 5.7.1987 Pt 4 heading Pt 1B heading deleted and Pt 4 heading inserted by 9/2004 s 13 s 19 s 17B redesignated as s 19 by 9/2004 s 14 s 20 s 17C redesignated as s 20 by 9/2004 s 15 s 21 s 17D redesignated as s 21 by 9/2004 s 16 s 22 s 17E redesignated as s 22 by 9/2004 s 17 Pt 5 Pt 5 heading Pt 2 heading deleted and Pt 5 heading inserted by 9/2004 s 18 s 23 s 19 amended by 59/1994 Sch 2 1.1.1995 s 19 redesignated as s 23 by 9/2004 s 19 s 24 s 20 redesignated as s 24 by 9/2004 s 20(2) s 24(1) amended by 43/2006 s 43(1) s 24(2) s 20(2) substituted by 9/2004 s 20(1) s 24(2aa) s 20(2aa)(i)—(v) redesignated as s 20(2aa)(a)—(e) by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1) 24.11.2003 amended by 78/2005 Sch 1 cl 1 8.2.2006 s 24(4) amended by 43/2006 s 43(2) s 24(7) amended by 43/2006 s 43(3), (4) s 25 s 21 redesignated as s 25 by 9/2004 s 21 s 26 s 22 redesignated as s 26 by 9/2004 s 22 s 27 s 23 redesignated as s 27 by 9/2004 s 23(2) s 27(1) s 23(1) amended by 9/2004 s 23(1) s 28 s 23A redesignated as s 28 by 9/2004 s 24 s 28(1) amended by 44/2006 s 8 s 29 s 23B redesignated as s 29 by 9/2004 s 25 s 29(1) amended by 44/2006 s 9 amended by 43/2006 s 44(1) s 29(2) amended by 43/2006 s 44(2)—(4) s 29(3) amended by 43/2006 s 44(5) s 29(4) substituted by 43/2006 s 44(6) s 30 s 23C redesignated as s 30 by 9/2004 s 26(5) s 30(1) s 23C(1) amended by 9/2004 s 26(1) amended by 43/2006 s 45 s 30(2) s 23C(2) amended by 9/2004 s 26(2) s 30(3) s 23C(3) amended by 9/2004 s 26(3) s 30(4) s 23C(4) amended by 59/1994 Sch 2 1.1.1995 s 23C(4) amended by 9/2004 s 26(4) Pt 6 inserted by 9/2004 s 27 s 38 s 38(2) amended by 39/2009 s 8 Pt 7 inserted by 9/2004 s 27 s 46 s 24J redesignated as s 46 by 9/2004 s 40(2) s 46(2) s 24J(2) amended by 9/2004 s 40(1) s 47 s 24K redesignated as s 47 by 9/2004 s 41 s 48 s 24L redesignated as s 48 by 9/2004 s 41 s 49 s 24M redesignated as s 49 by 9/2004 s 41 s 50 s 24N redesignated as s 50 by 9/2004 s 41 Pts 7A and 7B inserted by 52/2021 s 4 1.8.2022 Pt 8 Pt 2A comprising ss 24—24O and headings inserted by 21/2002 s 3 Pt 8 heading Pt 2A heading deleted and Pt 8 heading inserted by 9/2004 s 28 Pt 8 Div 1 Pt 2A Div 1 deleted by 9/2004 s 29 s 51 inserted by 9/2004 s 29 Pt 8 Div 2 heading Pt 2A Div 2 heading deleted by 9/2004 s 30 s 52 s 24B redesignated as s 52 by 9/2004 s 31 s 52(2) amended by 15/2013 Sch 2 cl  3(1) s 52(3)—(8) inserted by 15/2013 Sch 2 cl 3(2) s 24C deleted by 9/2004 s 32 s 53 inserted by 9/2004 s 32 s 53(1) amended by 43/2006 s 46 s 54 s 24D redesignated as s 54 by 9/2004 s 33(2) s 54(3) inserted by 9/2004 s 33(1) s 55 s 24E redesignated as s 55 by 9/2004 s 34 s 56 s 24F redesignated as s 56 by 9/2004 s 35 s 56A inserted by 15/2013 Sch 2 cl 4 s 57 s 24G redesignated as s 57 by 9/2004 s 36 s 58 s 24H redesignated as s 58 by 9/2004 s 37 s 58(1)—(3) amended by 43/2006 s 47 s 58(4)—(6) inserted by 15/2013 Sch 2 cl 5 ss 58A and 58B inserted by 15/2013 Sch 2 cl 6 Pt 8 Div 3 heading Pt 2A Div 3 heading deleted by 9/2004 s 38 s 24I deleted by 9/2004 s 39 ss 24J—24N—see ss 46—50 Pt 8 Div 4 Pt 2A Div 4 deleted by 9/2004 s 42 Pt 9 Pt 9 heading Pt 3 heading deleted and Pt 9 heading inserted by 9/2004 s 43 Pt 3 Div 1 heading heading preceding s 24 deleted and Pt 3 Div 1 heading inserted by 8/2000 s 4 (Sch) s 24 ss 25—27 Pt 3 Div 2 heading heading preceding s 27A deleted and Pt 3 Div 2 heading inserted by 8/2000 s 4 (Sch) s 27A s 27B Pt 9 Div 1 Pt 9 Div 1 heading heading preceding s 27C and Pt 3 Div 3 heading inserted by 8/2000 s 4 (Sch) Pt 3 Div 3 heading deleted and Pt 9 Div 1 heading inserted by 9/2004 s 44 s 59 s 27C redesignated as s 59 by 9/2004 s 45 Pt 3 Div 4 deleted by 9/2004 s 46 Pt 3 Div 4 heading heading preceding s 28 deleted and Pt 3 Div 4 heading inserted by 8/2000 s 4 (Sch) Pt 9 Div 2 Pt 9 Div 2 heading heading preceding s 29 deleted and Pt 3 Div 5 heading inserted by 8/2000 s 4 (Sch) Pt 3 Div 5 heading redesignated as Pt 9 Div 2 heading by 9/2004 s 47 s 60 s 29 redesignated as s 60 by 9/2004 s 48 Pt 9 Div 3 Pt 3 Div 6 inserted by 8/2000 s 3 Pt 3 Div 6 redesignated as Pt 9 Div 3 by 9/2004 s 49 s 61 s 29A redesignated as s 61 by 9/2004 s 50 s 62 s 29B redesignated as s 62 by 9/2004 s 51 Pt 9 Div 4 Pt 9 Div 4 heading heading preceding s 30 deleted and Pt 3 Div 7 heading inserted by 8/2000 s 4 (Sch) Pt 3 Div 7 heading redesignated as Pt 9 Div 4 heading by 9/2004 s 52 s 63 s 30 redesignated as s 63 by 9/2004 s 53 s 31 and heading deleted by 116/1983 s 11 Pt 9 Div 5 Pt 9 Div 5 heading heading preceding s 32 deleted and Pt 3 Div 8 heading inserted by 8/2000 s 4 (Sch) Pt 3 Div 8 heading redesignated as Pt 9 Div 5 heading by 9/2004 s 54 amended by 43/2006 s 48 s 64 s 32 redesignated as s 64 by 9/2004 s 55 s 64(3) substituted by 4/2023 s 7 22.6.2023 s 65 s 33 redesignated as s 65 by 9/2004 s 56 substituted by 43/2006 s 49 s 65(1) s 65 redesignated as s 65(1) by 15/2013 Sch 2 cl 7 s 65(2) inserted by 15/2013 Sch 2 cl 7 s 66 s 34 redesignated as s 66 by 9/2004 s 57 s 66(1) amended by 43/2006 s 50(1), (2) s 66(2) injury amended by 43/2006 s 50(3) Pt 9 Div 6 inserted by 9/2004 s 58 Pt 9 Div 7 Pt 9 Div 7 heading heading preceding s 35 deleted and Pt 3 Div 9 heading inserted by 8/2000 s 4 (Sch) Pt 3 Div 9 heading redesignated as Pt 3 Div 7 heading by 9/2004 s 59 s 68 s 35 redesignated as s 68 by 9/2004 s 60 Pt 3 Div 10 inserted by 126/1986 s 3 8.2.1987 amended by 41/1988 s 3 8.2.1987 amended by 38/1991 s 2 amended by 5/1993 s 18 3.5.1993 amended by 62/1993 s 42 28.10.1993 amended by 21/1994 s 31 7.7.1994 amended by 30/1994 Sch 4 cl 2(e) 1.7.1994 amended by 53/1997 s 12 11.9.1997 amended by 67/1998 s 13 29.10.1998 deleted by 21/2002 s 4 Pt 9 Div 8 Pt 3 Div 10A inserted by 38/2002 s 4 10.3.2003 Pt 3 Div 10A redesignated as Pt 9 Div 8 by 9/2004 s 61 s 69 s 35B redesignated as s 69 by 9/2004 s 62 dependant amended by 44/2006 s 10 s 70 s 35C redesignated as s 70 by 9/2004 s 63 s 71 s 35D redesignated as s 71 by 9/2004 s 64 Pt 9 Div 9 Heading preceding s 36 inserted by 87/1983 s 2 deleted by 8/2000 s 4 (Sch) Pt 9 Div 9 heading Pt 3 Div 11 heading inserted by 8/2000 s 4 (Sch) Pt 3 Div 11 heading redesignated as Pt 9 Div 9 heading by 9/2004 s 65 s 72 s 36 inserted by 87/1983 s 2 s 36 redesignated as s 72 by 9/2004 s 66 Pt 9 Div 10 Heading preceding s 37 inserted by 92/1996 s 7 6.7.1998 deleted by 8/2000 s 4 (Sch) Pt 9 Div 10 heading Pt 3 Div 12 heading inserted by 8/2000 s 4 (Sch) Pt 3 Div 12 heading redesignated as Pt 9 Div 10 heading by 9/2004 s 67 s 73 s 37 inserted by 92/1996 s 7 6.7.1998 s 37 redesignated as s 73 by 9/2004 s 68 Pt 9 Div 11 Pt 3 Div 13 inserted by 21/2002 s 5 Pt 3 Div 13 redesignated as Pt 9 Div 11 by 9/2004 s 69 s 74 s 38 redesignated as s 74 by 9/2004 s 70 Pt 9 Div 11A inserted by 51/2008 s 4 12.12.2008 Pt 9 Div 11B inserted by 6/2022 s 2 Pt 9 Div 12 before substitution by 28/2016 Pt 3 Div 14 inserted by 21/2002 s 5 Pt 3 Div 14 redesignated as Pt 9 Div 12 by 9/2004 s 71 s 75 s 39 redesignated as s 75 by 9/2004 s 72 Pt 9 Div 12 substituted by 28/2016 s 5 Pt 9 Div 12A inserted by 19/2014 s 4 2.10.2015 Pt 9 Div 13 inserted by 15/2013 Sch 2 cl 8 Transitional etc provisions associated with Act or amendments Wrongs Act Amendment Act 1986 4—Transitional provision The amendments made by this Act do not affect a cause of action that arose before the commencement of this Act. Wrongs Act Amendment Act 1987 4—Operation of this Act This Act does not affect a cause of action that arose before its commencement and does not give rise to a cause of action in relation to an event that occurred before its commencement. Statutes Amendment (Motor Vehicles and Wrongs) Act 1993 19—Transitional provision The amendments made by this Act do not affect a cause of action, right or liability that arose before the commencement of this Act. Statutes Amendment (Motor Accidents) Act 1998 14—Transitional provision (1) An amendment made by this Act does not affect a cause of action, right or liability that arose before the commencement of the amendment. (2) However, subsection (1) does not derogate from the operation of section 105 of the Motor Vehicles Act 1959. Wrongs (Liability and Damages for Personal Injury) Amendment Act 2002 6—Transitional provision (1) The amendments made by sections 3 and 4 of this Act are applicable to an action in which damages are claimed for personal injury if the accident out of which the action arises occurs on or after the commencement of those sections. (2) If the accident out of which the action arises occurred before the commencement of sections 3 and 4 of this Act, the principal Act (if relevant to the action) applies as if the amendments made by those sections had not been made. Suppose that A was exposed to asbestos in 1986 but is not diagnosed with asbestosis until 2004. The assessment of A's damages for personal injury would be determined in accordance with the law that applied before the commencement of sections 3 and 4 of the Wrongs Act (Liability and Assessment of Damages for Personal Injury) Amendment Act 2002. 7—Report on implications of these amendments As soon as practicable after the expiration of 2 years from the commencement of this Act, the Economic and Finance Committee must investigate and report to the Parliament on the effect of the amendments on the availability and cost of public liability insurance. Law Reform (Ipp Recommendations) Act 2004, Sch 1 1—Transitional provision (1) The amendments made by the Law Reform (Ipp Recommendations) Act 2004 (the Ipp Recommendations Act) are intended to apply only prospectively. (2) If a cause of action that is based wholly or partly on an event that occurred before the commencement of the Ipp Recommendations Act arises after the commencement of the Ipp Recommendations Act, it will be determined as if the amendments had not been enacted. Suppose that A was exposed to asbestos in 1990 but a resultant illness is not diagnosed until after the commencement of the Ipp Recommendations Act. An action is then brought in negligence in which damages are claimed for personal injury. The amendments made by the Ipp Recommendations Act would not affect the determination of liability or the assessment of damages. (3) As soon as practicable after the expiration of 3 years from the commencement of this Schedule, the Economic and Finance Committee must investigate and report to the Parliament on the effect of the Ipp Recommendations Act on the availability and cost of insurance to persons. Statutes Amendment (Domestic Partners) Act 2006 51—Transitional provision An amendment made by this Act to the Civil Liability Act 1936 applies only in relation to a cause of action that arises after the commencement of this section. Motor Vehicle Accidents (Lifetime Support Scheme) Act 2013, Sch 2 21—Civil Liability Act—transitional provisions (1) In this clause— principal Act means the Civil Liability Act 1936. (2) An amendment made by this Act— (a) that amends section 52, 58 or 65 of the principal Act; or (b) that inserts section 56A, 58A or 58B into the principal Act, does not affect a cause of action, right or liability that arose before the commencement of the amendment. (3) Section 58A of the principal Act (as inserted by this Act) applies in relation to a person who is a participant in the Scheme under this Act in respect of a motor vehicle injury that results from an MVA motor accident (as defined by the principal Act) occurring on or after the commencement of section 5 of this Act. (4) Subclauses (2) and (3) do not derogate from the operation of section 105 of the Motor Vehicles Act 1959. (5) To avoid doubt, section 76(14) of the principal Act (as enacted by this Act) does not apply in relation to a regulation that prescribes the injury scale values that are to apply on the commencement of section 52(3) of the principal Act (as enacted by this Act). 23—Contribution to liabilities of Authority—transitional provisions (1) The Treasurer may, after consultation with MAC and the Authority, determine an amount that (in the opinion of the Treasurer) represents the amount derived by MAC from premiums in respect of policies of insurance under Part 4 of the Motor Vehicles Act 1959 in respect of any treatment, care and support needs of persons who become participants in the Scheme under this Act after the commencement of the Scheme and the commencement of section 58A of the Civil Liability Act 1936 (as inserted by this Act), including so as to provide an amount with respect to unexpended risk reserves held by MAC that are attributable to road accidents for which provision is made but for which liability does not eventually arise. (2) The Treasurer may make a determination under subclause (1)— (a) in respect of past and future premiums payable under Part 4 of the Motor Vehicles Act 1959 (applying such estimates as the Treasurer thinks fit); and (b) on the basis of— (i) estimates with respect to reductions in the liability and financial requirements of MAC in the future; and (ii) estimates with respect to the liabilities and financial requirements of the Authority under this Act in the future, and after taking into account such other matters as the Treasurer thinks fit. (3) An amount determined by the Treasurer under subclause (1) will be payable by MAC (from out of the Compulsory Third Party Fund established under Part 4 of the Motor Accident Commission Act 1992) to the Authority (for payment into the Lifetime Support Scheme Fund established under Part 7 of this Act) at a time determined by the Treasurer after consultation with MAC and the Authority. (4) This clause operates despite any provision in the Motor Accident Commission Act 1992 about payments into or out of the Compulsory Third Party Fund. (5) In this clause— MAC means the Motor Accident Commission. Historical versions Reprint No 1—31.10.1991 Reprint No 2—3.5.1993 Reprint No 3—28.10.1993 Reprint No 4—7.7.1994 Reprint No 5—1.1.1995 Reprint No 6—3.7.1997 Reprint No 7—11.9.1997 Reprint No 8—6.7.1998 Reprint No 9—29.10.1998 Reprint No 10—1.7.1999 Reprint No 11—9.11.2000 Reprint No 12—16.8.2001 Reprint No 13—1.12.2002 Reprint No 14—10.3.2003 Reprint No 15—24.11.2003 8.2.2006 12.12.2008 1.7.2015 2.10.2015 1.8.2022