sec.104Personal injury claims

### sec.104 Personal injury claims A contract of insurance in force under the former Act immediately before the commencement of this Act continues in force until the earlier of the following— the contract is replaced by a CTP insurance policy under this Act; 30 days after the end of the registration period to which it related. If personal injury arises out of a motor vehicle accident happening before the commencement of this Act, a claim for the personal injury must be dealt with as if this Act had not been enacted. If personal injury arises out of a motor vehicle accident happening on or after the commencement of this Act, a claim for the personal injury must be dealt with under this Act (even though the accident may have happened while a policy of insurance issued under the former Act remains in force). This section is enacted to remove any doubt and does not affect the operation of the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 20A in relation to section 104 of this Act as originally enacted after the expiry of that section on 31 December 1995. s 104 prev s 104 exp 31 December 1995 (see s 104(4)) pres s 104 ins 1997 No. 54 s 29 (sec.104-ssec.1) A contract of insurance in force under the former Act immediately before the commencement of this Act continues in force until the earlier of the following— the contract is replaced by a CTP insurance policy under this Act; 30 days after the end of the registration period to which it related. (sec.104-ssec.2) If personal injury arises out of a motor vehicle accident happening before the commencement of this Act, a claim for the personal injury must be dealt with as if this Act had not been enacted. (sec.104-ssec.3) If personal injury arises out of a motor vehicle accident happening on or after the commencement of this Act, a claim for the personal injury must be dealt with under this Act (even though the accident may have happened while a policy of insurance issued under the former Act remains in force). (sec.104-ssec.4) This section is enacted to remove any doubt and does not affect the operation of the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 20A in relation to section 104 of this Act as originally enacted after the expiry of that section on 31 December 1995. - (a) the contract is replaced by a CTP insurance policy under this Act; - (b) 30 days after the end of the registration period to which it related.