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Personal Injury Commission Rules 2021
91Proceedings for work injury damages involving party under legal incapacity
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#### 91 Proceedings for work injury damages involving party under legal incapacity
91 Proceedings for work injury damages involving party under legal incapacity
> > (1) If a party to proceedings for work injury damages is a person under legal incapacity, the provisions of the [Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005](/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2005-0418) relating to person under legal incapacity apply to the proceedings as though the proceedings were proceedings in the District Court.
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> > (2) In this rule—
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> > person under legal incapacity includes—
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> > > (a) a child under the age of 18 years,
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> > > (b) an involuntary patient or forensic patient within the meaning of the [Mental Health Act 2007](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2007-008),
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> > > (c) a person under guardianship within the meaning of the [Guardianship Act 1987](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1987-257),
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> > > (d) a protected person within the meaning of the [NSW Trustee and Guardian Act 2009](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2009-049),
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> > > (e) an incommunicate person, being a person with a physical or mental disability making the person unable to receive communications, or express the person’s will, with respect to the person’s property or affairs.