78Determination of economic loss

78 Determination of economic loss

78 Determination of economic loss

A court shall reduce the amount of economic loss of an injured person or deceased person as a consequence of a motor accident by the amount of any entitlement to or payment of:

(a) (Repealed)

(b) compensation for expenses under the Victims Compensation Act 1996 for the injury suffered in the accident, and

(c) amounts, payments or benefits comprising payments made to or on behalf of the claimant by an insurer or Nominal Defendant in relation to a claim made by the claimant (including amounts, costs and expenses paid under section 37 and payments made under section 45), and

(d) an amount, payment or benefit of a class or description of amounts, payments or benefits prescribed for the purposes of this section.

s 78: Am 1989 No 47, Sch 1 (37); 1998 No 120, Sch 2.24 [1]; 1999 No 41, Sch 3 [15]; 1999 No 85, Sch 2.39.