149Definitions

149 Definitions

149 Definitions

(1) In this Part—

damages includes—

(a) any form of monetary compensation, and

(b) without limiting paragraph (a), any amount paid under a compromise or settlement of a claim for damages (whether or not legal proceedings have been instituted),

but does not include—

(c) compensation under this Act, or

(d) additional or alternative compensation to which Division 8 of Part 3 applies, or

(e) an award of compensation or direction for compensation under Part 2 or Part 4 of the Victims Compensation Act 1996, or

(f) a sum required or authorised to be paid under a State industrial instrument, or

(g) any sum payable under a superannuation scheme or any life or other insurance policy, or

(h) any amount paid in respect of costs incurred in connection with legal proceedings, or

(i) damages of a class which is excluded by the regulations from this definition.

(2) A reference in this Part to compensation payable under this Act includes a reference to compensation that would be payable under this Act if a claim for that compensation were duly made.

s 149: Am 1987 No 238, Sch 1; 1989 No 47, Sch 3. Subst 1989 No 133, Sch 1 (1). Am 1991 No 34, Sch 3; 1996 No 17, Sch 5; 1998 No 120, Sch 2.40 [5]; 2001 No 94, Sch 1.1 [1].