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Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999
85ADuty of claimant to provide relevant particulars of claim
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#### 85A Duty of claimant to provide relevant particulars of claim
85A Duty of claimant to provide relevant particulars of claim
> > (1) A claimant must provide the insurer of the person against whom the claim is made with all relevant particulars about the claim as expeditiously as possible after the claim is made.
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> > (2) The Authority may approve a form to be completed by claimants in connection with the provision of particulars in compliance with this section.
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> > (3) For the purposes of this section, relevant particulars about a claim are full details of—
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> > > (a) the injuries sustained by the claimant in the motor accident, and
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> > > (b) all disabilities and impairments arising from those injuries, and
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> > > (c) any economic losses and other losses that are being claimed as damages,
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> > sufficient to enable the insurer, as far as practicable, to make a proper assessment of the claimant’s full entitlement to damages.
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> **s 85A:** Ins 2007 No 95, Sch 1 \[51\].