9Acceptance as a participant

#### 9 Acceptance as a participant 9 Acceptance as a participant > > (1) A person becomes a participant in the Scheme if the Authority is satisfied that the person is eligible to be a participant and accepts the person in writing as a participant in the Scheme, either as a lifetime participant or an interim participant (according to the person’s eligibility). > > > (2) If the Authority is satisfied that a person is eligible to be a participant and that application for the person’s acceptance as a participant has been duly made, the Authority must accept the person as a lifetime participant or an interim participant (according to the person’s eligibility). > > > (3) A person accepted as an interim participant must be accepted as a lifetime participant if the Authority becomes satisfied during the person’s interim participation in the Scheme that the person is eligible for lifetime participation in the Scheme. > > > (4) A person accepted as a lifetime participant in the Scheme remains a participant for life. > > > (5) A person 3 years of age or over who is accepted as an interim participant remains an interim participant for a period of 2 years only. > > > (5A) A person under 3 years of age who is accepted as an interim participant remains an interim participant until the person is 5 years of age. > > > (5B) If a person who is an interim participant is accepted as a lifetime participant, the person ceases to be an interim participant on that acceptance and then remains a participant for life. > > > (6) A person cannot be accepted as an interim participant more than once in relation to the same motor accident injury. > > > (7) The expiration of a period of interim participation in the Scheme does not prevent subsequent acceptance of the person as a lifetime participant in the Scheme. > > **s 9:** Am 2009 No 33, Sch 1 \[4\].