246Definitions

246 Definitions ***authorised purpose*** means, in relation to the disclosure or use of vehicle accident information relating to a vehicle accident, any one or more of the following purposes— (a) to obtain legal advice in relation to the vehicle accident; or (b) to recover any loss or damage incurred or suffered, or costs incurred, as a result of the vehicle accident, whether by way of legal proceedings or otherwise; or (c) to assess and determine a claim under a contract of insurance made in relation to— (i) the death or injury of a person as a result of the vehicle accident; or (ii) the damage to, or destruction of, property as a result of the vehicle accident; or (d) to assess and determine a claim for compensation under a statutory insurance scheme law in respect of the death of or injury to a person as a result of the vehicle accident; or (e) to investigate the vehicle accident for a purpose set out in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d); ***authorised representative*** means— (a) a relevant insurer; or (b) a person authorised, in writing, by a person referred to in section 248(1)(a) to (c) to request vehicle accident information on that person's behalf in accordance with that section; ***injury*** means personal or bodily injury and includes psychological or psychiatric injury; ***non-Victorian statutory insurance scheme law*** means a law of another State or a Territory or the Commonwealth declared under section 247 to be a non-Victorian statutory insurance scheme law; S. 246 def. of *personal representative* amended by No. 13/2019 s. 221(Sch. 1 item 59.1). ***personal representative***, in relation to a person who dies or is injured, or whose property has been damaged or destroyed, as a result of a vehicle accident, means— (a) if the person is a child, the parent or guardian of the child; or (b) if the person is a person with a disability and an administrator or guardian has been appointed under the **Guardianship and Administration Act 2019** in respect of that person, that administrator or guardian; or (c) if the person does not have legal capacity and the person has appointed an attorney under an enduring power of attorney, that attorney; or (d) if the person dies as a result of the vehicle accident, the administrator or executor of that person's estate; ***registered operator*** has the same meaning as in the **Road Safety Act 1986**; ***relevant insurer*** means— (a) a statutory scheme insurer if that insurer must assess and determine a claim for compensation by a person referred to in section 248(1)(a) or (b), or the personal representative of a person who dies or is injured as a result of a vehicle accident, under a statutory insurance scheme law; or (b) an insurer against whom a claim has been made under a contract of insurance by a person referred to in section 248(1)(a) or (b), or the personal representative of a person who dies or is injured as a result of a vehicle accident or whose property is damaged or destroyed as a result of a vehicle accident; ***statutory insurance scheme law*** means— (a) the **Accident Compensation Act 1985**; or (b) the **Transport Accident Act 1986**; or (c) a non-Victorian statutory insurance scheme law; ***statutory scheme insurer*** means— (a) the Victorian WorkCover Authority established under the **Accident Compensation Act 1985** or an authorised agent or self-insurer within the meaning of that Act; or (b) the Transport Accident Commission established under the **Transport Accident Act 1986**; or (c) a person established under a non‑Victorian statutory insurance scheme law, or a person who assesses and determines claims for compensation under a non-Victorian statutory insurance scheme law, declared under section 247 to be a statutory scheme insurer; ***vehicle*** has the same meaning as in the **Road Safety Act 1986**; ***vehicle accident*** means an incident involving a vehicle that results in— (a) the death or injury of a person; or (b) damage to, or the destruction of, property; ***vehicle accident information*** means any of the following information relating to a vehicle accident held by the Chief Commissioner of Police that has been recorded, collected or obtained by a police officer in the course of his or her duty— (a) information that identifies— (i) the driver or registered operator or passenger of any vehicle involved in the vehicle accident; (ii) a person who witnessed the vehicle accident; (iii) a person who dies or is injured as a result of the vehicle accident; (b) a statement of— (i) the driver or a passenger of any vehicle involved in the vehicle accident; (ii) a person who witnessed the vehicle accident; (iii) a person injured as a result of the vehicle accident; (c) information that identifies any vehicle involved in the vehicle accident; (d) the full particulars of the vehicle accident.