New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MOTOR ACCIDENTS (LIFETIME CARE AND SUPPORT) ACT 2006 - SECT 9

9 Acceptance as a participant

(1) A person becomes a participant in the Scheme if the Authority is satisfied that the person is eligible to be a participant and accepts the person in writing as a participant in the Scheme, either as a lifetime participant or an interim participant (according to the person’s eligibility).

(2) If the Authority is satisfied that a person is eligible to be a participant and that application for the person’s acceptance as a participant has been duly made, the Authority must accept the person as a lifetime participant or an interim participant (according to the person’s eligibility).

(3) A person accepted as an interim participant must be accepted as a lifetime participant if the Authority becomes satisfied during the person’s interim participation in the Scheme that the person is eligible for lifetime participation in the Scheme.

(4) A person accepted as a lifetime participant in the Scheme remains a participant for life.

(5) A person 3 years of age or over who is accepted as an interim participant remains an interim participant for a period of 2 years only.

(5A) A person under 3 years of age who is accepted as an interim participant remains an interim participant until the person is 5 years of age.

(5B) If a person who is an interim participant is accepted as a lifetime participant, the person ceases to be an interim participant on that acceptance and then remains a participant for life.

(6) A person cannot be accepted as an interim participant more than once in relation to the same motor accident injury.

(7) The expiration of a period of interim participation in the Scheme does not prevent subsequent acceptance of the person as a lifetime participant in the Scheme.