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Motor Vehicle (Third Party Insurance) Act 1943
6AInsurance relating to catastrophic injury
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##### 6A. Insurance relating to catastrophic injury
motor vehicle accident has the meaning given in the MVWA(CI) Act section 4(1).
(2) Subject to subsection (3), a policy of insurance complying with this Act is also taken to insure any person (the injured person) against the risk of suffering a catastrophic injury that —
(a) is a motor vehicle injury to which the MVWA(CI) Act applies; and
(b) results from a motor vehicle accident involving the vehicle mentioned in the policy.
(3) The insurance referred to in subsection (2) extends only to the making of payments under the CISS for, or in respect of, necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by or on behalf of the injured person in relation to the injured person’s assessed treatment, care and support needs.
[Section 6A inserted: No. 8 of 2016 s. 50; amended: No. 21 of 2023 s. 685.]