17Compensation for loss of limb or other permanent impairment

17 Compensation for loss of limb or other permanent impairment (1) Compensation for permanent impairment is payable under this section to an eligible person if: (a) the injury suffered in, or as a result of, the motor accident results in a permanent impairment; and (b) the extent of the impairment, as assessed by the Commission, is at least 5%. (1A) The amount of the compensation is, subject to subsection (2), the assessed percentage of the prescribed amount. Part 4 Payments in respect of injuries Division 1 General benefits Motor Accidents (Compensation) Act 1979 23 (2) Where the percentage of permanent impairment of a person is assessed by the Commission as a percentage of 5% or more but less than 15% as shown in Column 1 of the following Table, the percentage of the prescribed amount payable as compensation shall be that shown in Column 2 of the Table opposite to the relevant percentage in Column 1: TABLE Column 1 Column 2 Degree of impairment Percentage of prescribed amount payable not less than 5% but less than 10% 2 10% 3 11% 4 12% 6 13% 8 14% 12 (3) In this section prescribed amount, in relation to a payment, means 208 times average weekly earnings at the time the payment is made. (4) After compensation based on an assessment of the extent of a permanent impairment has been paid, no further right to compensation under this section arises even though the extent of the impairment later increases. (5) Compensation for a permanent impairment may only be paid under this section to, or for the benefit of, a person who is, at the time of the payment, in Australia.