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Motor Accidents (Compensation) Act 1979
Part 4Payments in respect of injuries
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Part 4 Payments in respect of injuries
Division 3 Other benefits
Motor Accidents (Compensation) Act 1979 29
(5) In this section:
close family member means:
(a) a spouse, parent or child of the person injured or killed in, or
as a result of, the motor accident; or
(b) if the person injured or killed in, or as a result of, the motor
accident does not have a spouse, parent or child – a sibling,
grandparent, grandchild, uncle or aunt of the person.
19 Cost of providing appliances, special facilities etc.
(1) An eligible person is entitled to:
(a) the cost of obtaining appliances that are necessary and
reasonably required in consequence of the injury suffered in,
or as a result of, the motor accident; and
(b) the reasonable cost incurred, or to be incurred, in
consequence of the injury in making necessary and
reasonable alterations to:
(i) the building in which the person resides or proposes to
reside; and
(ii) a motor vehicle; and
(iii) such other articles of personal use as, in the opinion of
the Commission, require modification; and
(c) the reasonable cost of special facilities and equipment the
Commission considers necessary and reasonable for the
person's rehabilitation.
(2) However, entitlements under this section are subject to the
following limitations and qualifications:
(a) a benefit is not payable under this section if the eligible person
is outside Australia or the benefit is to be expended outside
Australia;
(b) any further limitations and qualifications imposed by the
regulations.
Part 5 Payments in respect of death
Motor Accidents (Compensation) Act 1979 30
Part 5 Payments in respect of death