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Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999
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#### 64 Costs of medical assessment
64 Costs of medical assessment
> > (1) The costs of medical assessments under this Part are payable by the insurer, except as otherwise provided by the regulations.
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> > (2) The Authority may, for the purposes of meeting those costs, impose fees for the carrying out of medical assessments or make other arrangements for meeting those costs.
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> > (3) The costs of medical assessments under this Part include the following—
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> > > (a) the remuneration of medical assessors,
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> > > (b) the reasonable and necessary costs and expenses incurred by the injured person, and by a parent or other carer of the injured person in order to accompany the injured person, in attending the medical assessor or assessors for the purposes of the assessment,
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> > > (c) any costs incurred by the Authority in connection with medical assessments under this Part,
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> > > (d) such other costs in connection with medical assessments under this Part as may be prescribed by the regulations.
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> > (4) A reference in this section to medical assessment includes a reference to the review of medical assessments.
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> > (5) The regulations may prescribe a rate at which the cost of travel by any specified mode of transport is to be calculated for the purposes of the payment of travel costs under this section.
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> **s 64:** Am 2007 No 95, Sch 1 \[34\] \[35\].