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Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999
7ENo coverage for driver who caused accident
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#### 7E No coverage for driver who caused accident
7E No coverage for driver who caused accident
> > (1) There is no entitlement to recover damages under this Division in respect of the death of or injury to the driver of a motor vehicle if the motor accident concerned was caused by an act or omission of that driver.
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> > (2) The death of or injury to the driver is taken to have been caused by an act or omission of the driver for the purposes of subsection (1) even if—
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> > > (a) the act or omission does not constitute fault by the driver in the use or operation of the vehicle, or
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> > > (b) the act or omission was involuntary, or
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> > > (c) the act or omission was not the sole or primary cause of the death or injury, or
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> > > (d) the act or omission would have caused the death or injury but for the occurrence of a supervening act or omission of another person or some other supervening event.
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> **ch 1, pt 1.2, divs 1 and 2 (ss 7A–7P):** Ins 2006 No 17, Sch 1 \[7\].