Motor Accident Injuries Act 2019
82Meaning of pre-injury weekly income—self-employed
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82 Meaning of pre-injury weekly income—self-employed pre-injury weekly income, for a self-employed person, means the average weekly amount of the sum of the following amounts from all paid work undertaken by the person in the 52 weeks immediately before the date of the motor accident: (a) the person’s gross income as an employee; (b) the person’s net income as a self-employed person. (2) If, as a result of the injured person’s injury, the injured person engages someone (a hiree) to perform the injured person’s work, the amount paid to the hiree may be taken into account for working out the person’s pre-injury weekly income. self-employed person means a person injured in a motor accident who was, on the date of the motor accident, self-employed.