Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999
45Special requirements relating to Motor Accidents Medical Guidelines relating to impairment
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45 Special requirements relating to Motor Accidents Medical Guidelines relating to impairment
45 Special requirements relating to Motor Accidents Medical Guidelines relating to impairment
(1) This section applies to Motor Accidents Medical Guidelines that relate to the assessment of the degree of permanent impairment of an injured person as a result of an injury caused by a motor accident.
(2) Any such Motor Accidents Medical Guidelines are to be issued within 3 months after the commencement of this Act.
(3) Any such Motor Accidents Medical Guidelines may adopt the provisions of another publication only as in force at a time before the issue of the guidelines.
(4) Section 40 (Notice of statutory rules to be tabled) and section 41 (Disallowance of statutory rules) of the Interpretation Act 1987 apply to any such Motor Accidents Medical Guidelines.
s 45: Am 1999 No 85, Sch 2.40 [1]; 2015 No 19, Sch 7 [6].