Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT (THIRD-PARTY INSURANCE) ACT 2008 - SECT 79

In this chapter:

"respondent", for a motor accident claim—

        (a)     means a person against whom a claimant makes a motor accident claim; and

        (b)     includes—

              (i)     if the person mentioned in paragraph (a) is not the insurer for the motor accident claim—the insurer for the motor accident claim; and

              (ii)     a later respondent.

Note 1     Insurer , for a motor accident claim, is defined in s 81.
"Later respondent", for a motor accident claim, is defined in s 91.

Note 2     If a claimant brings a court proceeding based on a motor accident claim and the respondent is an insured person or an insurer, the claimant may need to bring the proceeding against the insured person and the insurer as joint defendants (see s 151).