Motor Accident Injuries Act 2019
6Objects of Act
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6 Objects of Act The main objects of this Act are to— (a) ensure benefits are available to support all people injured in motor accidents on a no-fault basis, subject to some exclusions and limitations; and (b) encourage early and appropriate treatment and care of people injured in motor accidents to achieve optimum recovery and return to pre-accident levels of activity and work; and (c) support people injured in motor accidents to access defined (d) promote and encourage the early, quick, cost-effective and just resolution of disputes; and (e) continue and improve the system of motor accident injury insurance, and the scheme of statutory insurance for uninsured and unidentified vehicles, operating in the ACT; and (f) keep the costs of motor accident injury insurance at an affordable level; and
(g) provide frameworks that allow competition in setting premiums for motor accident injury insurance policies; and (h) provide for the licensing and supervision of insurers providing motor accident injury insurance; and (i) establish and keep a register of motor accident claims to help the administration of the statutory insurance scheme and the detection of fraud; and (j) support and promote the prevention of motor accidents and the safe use of motor vehicles.