134Definitions

134 Definitions

accident includes an incident caused by or arising out of the use, in any other State or in a Territory, of a motor car;

authorised insurer means a person who has at any time been an authorised insurer within the meaning of Division 1 of Part V of the Motor Car Act 1958 and includes the Commission as the successor in law of the person who was, immediately before the commencement of section 34, such an authorised insurer;

Board means the Motor Accidents Board established under the repealed Act;

employee and employer have the same meanings as in Division 2 of Part VI of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 of the Commonwealth as amended and in force for the time being;

S. 134 def. of health fund amended by No. 84/1994 s. 55(1)(h).

health fund means—

(a) a registered health benefits organisation as defined in the National Health Act 1953 of the Commonwealth; or

(b) a fund which provides insurance against the cost of an ambulance service;

income includes an amount of salary or wages but does not include an amount paid or payable by the Board under the repealed Act or the Commission under this Division;

injury means bodily injury;

S. 134 def. of medical practitioner amended by No. 23/1994 s. 118(Sch. 1 item 57.2), substituted as def. of registered medical practitioner by No. 97/2005 s. 182(Sch. 4 item 51.2), repealed by No. 60/2007 s. 21(a).

medical service includes—

(a) attendance, examination or treatment by a medical practitioner; and

(b) the provision to a person by a medical practitioner of a certificate required for the purposes of this Division or the repealed Act;

S. 134 def. of registered medical practitioner inserted by No. 60/2007 s. 21(b), substituted by No. 13/2010 s. 51(Sch. item 56.4).

registered medical practitioner means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law to practise in the medical profession (other than as a student);

S. 134 def. of registered motor car inserted by No. 32/1988 s. 34, amended by No. 6/2010 s. 203(1) item 46.2) (as amended by No. 45/2010 s. 22).