7Eligibility for participation in the Scheme

#### 7 Eligibility for participation in the Scheme 7 Eligibility for participation in the Scheme > > (1) A person who has suffered a motor accident injury is eligible to be a participant in the Scheme in respect of the injury if the person’s injury satisfies the criteria specified in the LTCS Guidelines for eligibility for participation in the Scheme. > > > (2) Participation in the Scheme may be as a lifetime participant or an interim participant and for that purpose the LTCS Guidelines are to establish criteria for eligibility for lifetime participation and criteria for eligibility for interim participation in the Scheme. > > > (3) A person is not eligible to be a participant in the Scheme in relation to an injury if the person has been awarded damages, pursuant to a final judgment entered by a court or a binding settlement, for future economic loss in respect of the treatment and care needs of the participant that relate to the injury. > > > (4) The LTCS Guidelines may make provision for or with respect to eligibility for participation in the Scheme, including provision for or with respect to the criteria that a motor accident injury must satisfy for the injured person to be eligible for participation in the Scheme in respect of the injury and the determination of whether a motor accident injury satisfies those criteria.