NSW Legislation updates
Fri Sep 22 2017Motor Accidents Compensation (Determination of Loss) Amendment Order 2017 (NSW) The object of this Order is to adjust, for the year commencing 1 October 2017, the maximum amount that may be awarded for damages. Section 146 of the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 requires the Minister to declare the amounts on or before 1 October in each year. The amounts are indexed by reference to movements in average weekly earnings.
Motor Accidents (Determination of Non-Economic Loss) Amendment Order 2017 (NSW) The object of this Order is to adjust, for the year commencing 1 October 2017, the maximum amounts that may be awarded for damages for non-economic loss to persons who have been injured as a consequence of a motor accident to which the Motor Accidents Act 1988 applies