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of section 34, such an authorised insurer; ***Board*** means the Motor Accidents Board established under the repealed Act; ***employee*** and ***employer*** have the same meanings as in Division 2 of Part VI of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 of the Commonwealth as amended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includes an amount of salary or wages but does not include an amount paid or payable by the Board under the repealed Act or the Commission under this Division; ***injury*** means bodily injury; S. 134 def.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 of *registered medical practitioner* by No. 97/2005 s. 182(Sch. 4 item 51.2), repealed by No. 60/2007 s. 21(a).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the provision to a person by a medical practitioner of a certificate required for the purposes of this Division or the repealed Act; S. 134 def.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). ***registered motor car*** means— (a) a motor car that is registered in accordance with the **Motor Car Act 1958**; or (b) a motor car that is not so registered but is usually kept in Victoria and is not exempt from the operation of all or any of the provisions of Part II of that Act; or (c) a motor car in respect of which a permit granted under section 11A or 19 of that Act is in force; or (d) a recreation vehicle registered in accordance with the **Transport (Compliance and Miscellaneous) Act 1983**; or (e) a motor vehicle registered with a Registration Authority in Victoria under the Interstate Road Transport Act 1985 of the Commonwealth or, if that Act is amended, that Act as amended and in force for the time being; ***repealed Act*** means the **Motor Accidents Act 1973**; S. 134 def. of *therapeutic service* amended by No. 78/1997 s. 97(Sch. item 3.2). ***therapeutic service*** includes— (a) attendance, examination or treatment by a registered dentist, registered optician, registered masseur or registered podiatrist; and (b) the provision and the repair, adjustment or replacement (as may from time to time become necessary) of skiagrams crutches artificial members eyes or teeth or spectacle glasses or hearing aids including (without limiting the generality of the foregoing) the repair or replacement of crutches artificial members eyes or teeth or spectacle glasses or hearing aids destroyed or damaged at the time of the accident causing injury to the person for whom the repair or replacement is provided; and (c) the provision to or for a person otherwise than as a patient in a hospital of medical or surgical aids to rehabilitation or treatment or assistance for or with respect to his or her rehabilitation or of curative appliances or apparatus; and (d) the provision, otherwise than pursuant to a prescription of a medical practitioner, by a registered pharmaceutical chemist of medicines or curative appliances or materials; and (e) the provision to a person by a registered dentist, registered optician, registered masseur or registered podiatrist of a certificate required by the person by reason of the injury resulting from the accident.