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Motor Accidents Act 1988
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#### 42A Authority’s access to police information
42A Authority’s access to police information
> > (1) At the written request of the Authority with respect to a motor accident specified by it, the Commissioner of Police must provide a statement to the Authority in relation to the following matters if information as to those matters is held by a member of the NSW Police Force:
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> > > (a) the registration numbers of all motor vehicles involved in the accident,
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> > > (b) the names of all persons killed or injured in the accident,
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> > > (c) the names of the hospitals to which the injured persons were taken,
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> > > (d) the vehicle or vehicles most likely to have been at fault in the accident.
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> > (2) The Authority is authorised to give a copy of a statement provided to it under this section to the next of kin of a person killed in the accident or a person injured in the accident (or to an appropriate representative of either such person), or to an insurer.
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> > (3) A statement or copy of a statement provided to or by the Authority under this section is not admissible in legal proceedings concerning a claim made under this Act.
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> **s 42A:** Ins 1995 No 66, Sch 1 \[13\]. Am 2011 No 62, Sch 3.19 \[2\].