21Ongoing expenses relating to the motor vehicle

21 Ongoing expenses relating to the motor vehicle

(1) Subject to section 16, if a person receives compensation in the form of a subsidy to assist with the purchase of a motor vehicle under this Scheme, the person is wholly responsible for garaging, maintenance, insurance, registration, and operation of the motor vehicle.

Schedule 1—Transitional

1 Definitions

In this Schedule:

commencement day means the day section 1 of this instrument commenced.

former scheme means the Motor Vehicle Compensation Scheme (Instrument 2015 No. MRCC 20) as in force immediately before the commencement day.

2 Process not determined under former scheme

(1) A process commenced under the former scheme and not determined before the commencement day is taken to have been commenced under the Scheme.

3 Compensation received under former scheme

(1) A driving or other modification that an eligible person received under the former scheme is taken to have been received under the Scheme for the purposes of the Scheme. (2) A motor vehicle that an eligible person received under the former scheme is taken to be a previous motor vehicle for the purposes of the Scheme.

Schedule 2—Amendments

Motor Vehicle Compensation Scheme 2025

1 Subsection 5(1), definition of care institution, paragraph (a)

substitute

(a) a residential care home (within the meaning of section 10 of the Aged Care Act 2024);