New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MOTOR ACCIDENTS (LIFETIME CARE AND SUPPORT) ACT 2006 - SECT 3

3 Definitions

(1) In this Act:
"Advisory Council" means the Lifetime Care and Support Advisory Council of New South Wales constituted by this Act.
"attendant care services" means services that aim to provide assistance to people with everyday tasks, and includes (for example) personal assistance, nursing, home maintenance and domestic services.
"Authority" means the Lifetime Care and Support Authority of New South Wales constituted by this Act.
"Chief Executive Officer" of the Authority means the person exercising functions under the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002 as the Division Head of the relevant Government Service Division.
"Fund" means the Lifetime Care and Support Authority Fund established by this Act.
"insurer" of a claim means an insurer for the purposes of Chapter 4 (Motor accident claims) of the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 in relation to the claim.
"LTCS Guidelines" means guidelines issued by the Authority under section 58, as in force from time to time.
"MAA" means the Motor Accidents Authority under the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 .
"member of staff" means any person who is employed in the relevant Government Service Division.
"motor accident injury" means injury caused by a motor accident.

Note: Section 4 provides for the motor accident injuries to which this Act applies.

"participant" in the Scheme means a person accepted as provided by this Act as a participant in the Scheme (either as a lifetime participant or as an interim participant).
"relevant Government Service Division" means the Division of the Government Service comprising the group of staff who are employed under Chapter 1A of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002 to enable the Authority to exercise its functions.
"relevant Scheme commencement date", with respect to a person who has suffered motor accident injuries, means:

(a) 1 October 2006 if the person was under 16 years of age at the time of the motor accident that caused the injuries, or

(b) 1 October 2007 in any other case.

"the Scheme" means the scheme provided for by this Act for the lifetime care and support of persons injured in motor accidents.
"treatment and care needs" -see section 6.
"treatment and care needs assessment" means an assessment under Part 4 of the treatment and care needs of a participant in respect of the participant’s motor accident injury.

(2) Notes included in this Act do not form part of this Act.