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Motor Accidents (Compensation) Act 1979
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4D Attendant care services
(1) Attendant care services are personal and household services
reasonably required by an injured person as a result of the injury.
(2) However, attendant care services do not include:
(a) medical and rehabilitation services; or
(b) nursing care; or
(c) services provided in, or provided while the injured person is in,
a hospital, nursing home or other institution for the treatment,
rehabilitation or care of injured persons.
(3) In this section:
household services means services of a domestic nature
(including cooking, house cleaning, laundry, and gardening) for
running and maintaining the injured person's household.
personal services means services for the essential and regular
personal care of the injured person.
4DA Registered, conditionally registered and unregistered motor
vehicles
(1) A motor vehicle is unregistered if:
(a) it is neither registered under the Motor Vehicles Act 1949 nor
the corresponding law of another jurisdiction and is not
deemed to be registered for the purposes of the Traffic
Act 1987; or
(b) it is deemed to be unregistered for the purposes of the
Traffic Act 1987.
(2) However, a motor vehicle is not to be regarded as unregistered if:
(a) an exemption from registration issued by the Registrar of
Motor Vehicles under the Motor Vehicles Act 1949 is in force
for the vehicle; or
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(b) the motor vehicle is being driven while bearing a trader's plate
in accordance with section 35 of the Motor Vehicles Act 1949.
(3) A motor vehicle is conditionally registered if it is registered under
the Motor Vehicles Act 1949 or the corresponding law of another
jurisdiction subject to any condition or restriction.
(4) A motor vehicle is registered if it is not unregistered or conditionally
registered.