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Motor Vehicles (Third Party Insurance) Act 1942
35DPayment of interest
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#### 35D Payment of interest
35D Payment of interest
> > (1) A court shall not, in relation to an award of damages to which this Part applies, order the payment of interest, and no interest shall be payable, on an amount of general damages, or damages under section 35C, in respect of the period from the date of the death of or injury to the person in respect of whom the award is made to the date of the award.
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> > (2) Except as provided by this section, nothing in this section affects any other law relating to the payment of interest on an amount of general damages.
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> > (3) Subsection (1), as amended by the [Motor Accidents (Amendment) Act 1994](/view/pdf/asmade/act-1994-27), applies to claims for damages arising from the death of or bodily injury to a person caused by or arising out of the use, between 1 July 1984 and 30 June 1987 (both dates inclusive), of a motor vehicle that were not settled or finally determined as at the date of commencement of the amendment made by that Act to that subsection.
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> **s 35D:** Am 1994 No 27, Sch 1.