Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 2010

Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 2010

S.R. No. 31/2010

table of provisions

RegulationPage

1Objective

2Authorising provisions

3Commencement

4Revocation

5Definition

6Periodic payment of impairment benefit

7Periodic payment of impairment benefit annuity

8Rounding

9Redemptions under former section 56(1)

10Redemptions under current section 56(1)

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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1—Periodic Payment of Impairment Benefit or Annuity

SCHEDULE 2—Redemptions

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Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 2010

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Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 2010

The Lieutenant-Governor as the Governor's deputy with the advice of the Executive Council makes the following Regulations:

Dated: 25 May 2010

Responsible Minister:

TIM HOLDING

Minister for Finance, WorkCover and
the Transport Accident Commission

TOBY HALLIGAN

Clerk of the Executive Council

1Objective

The objective of these Regulations is to prescribe the manner—

(a)of calculation of periodic payments of impairment benefits for the purposes of—

(i)section 47(4) of the Transport Accident Act 1986; and

(ii)section 48(1) of the Transport Accident Act 1986, as in force immediately before the commencement of section 13 of the Transport Accident (Amendment) Act 2004; and

(b)of determining, for the purposes of section56 of the Transport Accident Act 1986, an amount being in redemption of the sum of periodic payments under section 48 of that Act and the weekly payments under section 49, 50 or 51 of that Act.

2Authorising provisions

These Regulations are made under sections 132 and191 of the Transport Accident Act1986.

3Commencement

r. 2

These Regulations come into operation on 30May 2010.

4Revocation

The Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 1999[1] are revoked.

5Definition

In these Regulations, the Act means the Transport Accident Act 1986.

6Periodic payment of impairment benefit

For the purposes of section 47(4) of the Act, periodic payments payable to a person are weekly payments until the person is over 75 years calculated in accordance with the formula—

where—

Ais the amount of the impairment benefit assessed in accordance with section 47(2) of the Act, less the sum of the part of impairment benefit paid under section 47(3)(c) of the Act and any interim benefit paid; and

Bis—

(a)if, at the date of assessment of the impairment benefit, the person is 18years or over and under 55 years and 1 month, the amount in Column 2 of Schedule 1 opposite the age of the person in completed years at that date; or

(b)if, at the date of the assessment of the impairment benefit, the person is 55years and 1 month or more and under 72 years and 1 week, the amount in Column 2 of Schedule 1 opposite the age of the person in years and completed months at that date; or

(c)if, at the date of the assessment of the impairment benefit, the person is 72years and 1 week or more and under 75, the amount in Column 2 of Schedule 1 opposite the age of the person in years and completed weeks at that date; or

(d)if, at the date of the assessment of the impairment benefit, the person is 75years or over, $10000.

7Periodic payment of impairment benefit annuity

r. 7

For the purposes of section 48(1) of the Act, as in force immediately before the commencement of section 13 of the Transport Accident (Amendment) Act 2004, periodic payments payable to a person are weekly payments until the person is over 75 years calculated in accordance with the formula—

where—

Ais the amount determined in accordance with section 48(1) of the Act, as in force immediately before the commencement of section 13 of the Transport Accident (Amendment) Act 2004; and

Bhas the same meaning as in regulation 6.

8Rounding

r. 8

If the amount of a weekly payment calculated under regulation 6 or 7 includes a fraction of a cent, the amount of each weekly payment may be varied by rounding the amount of each payment except the last to the next highest cent and reducing the last payment accordingly.

9Redemptions under former section 56(1)

(1)For the purposes of section 56(1) of the Act, as in force immediately before the commencement of section 11 of the Transport Accident (Amendment) Act 2004, the amount payable to a person must be determined in accordance with the formula—

where—

Ais the amount of a weekly payment calculated in accordance with regulation 7; and

Bis—

(i)the day on which payments under section 48, 49, 50, or 51 of the Act would cease in accordance with section 53(3) of the Act, as in force immediately before the commencement of section 11 of the Transport Accident (Amendment) Act 2004; or

(ii)the day before the day on which the person attains 75 years—

whichever is the earlier; or

(b)if, at the date of the determination, the degree of impairment is 50 per centum or more, the amount in Column 2 of Schedule 2 opposite the number of complete weeks, or years and complete months, or complete years as the case requires, in the period commencing on the day on which the determination is made and ending on the day on which the person attains 75 years; and

Cis the amount of a weekly payment in respect of loss of earning capacity under section 49, 50 or 51 of the Act; and

r. 9

Dis—

(a)if, at the date of the determination, the degree of impairment of the person is less than 50 per centum, the amount in Column 2 of Schedule 2 opposite the number of complete weeks in the period commencing on the day on which the determination is made and ending on the day on which payments under section 49, 50 or 51 of the Act would cease in accordance with section 53(1) or 53(3) of the Act; or

(b)if, at the date of the determination, the degree of impairment of the person is 50 per centum or more, the amount in Column 2 of Schedule 2 opposite the number of complete weeks, or years and complete months, or complete years, as the case requires, in the period commencing on the day on which the determination is made and ending on the day on which the person, by reason of section 53(1), would cease to be entitled to receive payments in respect of loss of earning capacity.

(2)For the purposes of the definition of "B" and "D" in subregulation (1), a period of less than one week is deemed to be a complete week.

10Redemptions under current section 56(1)

r. 10

(1)For the purposes of section 56(1) of the Act, the amount payable to a person who has a degree of impairment of less than 50 per centum must be determined in accordance with the formula—

(A × (B – C))

where—

Ais the amount of the weekly payment in respect of loss of earnings capacity to which a person is entitled; and

Bis 78 weeks; and

Cis number of weeks the person has received loss of earning capacity benefits at the time that the benefits are redeemed.

(2)For the purposes of section 56(1) of the Act, the amount payable to a person who is assessed as having a degree of impairment of 50 per centum or more must be determined in accordance with the formula—

A × B

where—

Ais the amount of the weekly payment in respect of loss of earnings capacity to which a person is entitled at the time the benefit is redeemed; and

r. 10

Bis the number of weeks which in the opinion of the Commission the person is likely to be entitled to loss of earnings capacity payments under the Act.

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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1

Sch. 1

Regulations 6 and 7

Periodic Payment of Impairment Benefit or Annuity

Column 1 / Column 2
Years / $ c
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47 / 8.73
8.78
8.83
8.88
8.94
9.01
9.07
9.13
9.21
9.28
9.36
9.45
9.54
9.63
9.73
9.84
9.95
10.08
10.20
10.34
10.48
10.64
10.81
10.99
11.17
11.37
11.59
11.83
12.09
12.36
Column 1 / Column 2
Years / $ c
48
49
50
51
52
53
54 / 12.65
12.97
13.32
13.70
14.11
14.55
15.05
Years / Months / $ c
55
55
55
55
55 / 0
1
2
3
4 / 15.22
15.25
15.30
15.35
15.39
55
55
55
55
55
55
55
56
56
56
56
56
56
56
56
56
56
56
56
57
57
57
57
57
57
57 / 5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6 / 15.44
15.49
15.53
15.58
15.63
15.67
15.72
15.78
15.82
15.87
15.93
15.97
16.02
16.08
16.12
16.18
16.23
16.28
16.34
16.40
16.44
16.50
16.56
16.61
16.67
16.73

Sch. 1

Column 1 / Column 2
Years / Months / $ c
57
57
57
57
57
58
58
58
58
58
58
58
58
58
58
58
58 / 7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11 / 16.78
16.84
16.91
16.96
17.02
17.09
17.14
17.20
17.26
17.33
17.38
17.45
17.52
17.57
17.64
17.70
17.77
59
59
59
59
59
59
59
59
59
59
59
59
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60 / 0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 / 17.85
17.91
17.98
18.05
18.11
18.19
18.27
18.33
18.41
18.49
18.56
18.64
18.72
18.79
18.87
18.95
19.02
19.11
19.20
19.27
19.36
19.45
19.52

Sch. 1

Column 1 / Column 2
Years / Months / $ c
60
61
61
61
61
61
61
61
61
61
61
61
61
62
62
62
62
62 / 11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4 / 19.62
19.71
19.79
19.88
19.98
20.06
20.16
20.26
20.34
20.44
20.55
20.63
20.74
20.85
20.94
21.05
21.16
21.25
62
62
62
62
62
62
62
63
63
63
63
63
63
63
63
63
63
63
63
64
64
64 / 5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2 / 21.36
21.48
21.58
21.70
21.82
21.92
22.04
22.17
22.27
22.40
22.51
22.64
22.76
22.89
23.02
23.14
23.28
23.41
23.55
23.70
23.83
23.98

Sch. 1

Column 1 / Column 2
Years / Months / $ c
64
64
64
64
64
64
64
64
64
65
65
65
65
65
65
65
65
65
65
65
65
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
66 / 3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8 / 24.13
24.26
24.42
24.58
24.72
24.88
25.05
25.20
25.37
25.54
25.70
25.88
26.06
26.22
26.41
26.60
26.78
26.98
27.18
27.36
27.57
27.79
27.98
28.20
28.42
28.63
28.86
29.09
29.31
29.56
66
66
66
67
67
67
67
67
67
67 / 9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6 / 29.81
30.04
30.31
30.57
30.82
31.09
31.37
31.64
31.93
32.23

Sch. 1

Column 1 / Column 2
Years / Months / $ c
67
67
67
67
67
68
68
68
68
68
68
68
68
68
68
68
68
69
69
69
69
69
69
69
69
69
69
69
69 / 7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11 / 32.51
32.83
33.15
33.45
33.79
34.14
34.46
34.82
35.18
35.53
35.92
36.31
36.69
37.11
37.54
37.95
38.40
38.86
39.31
39.79
40.26
40.78
41.28
41.82
42.38
42.93
43.53
44.12
44.76
70
70
70
70
70
70
70
70
70
70
70
70 / 0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11 / 45.42
46.06
46.76
47.48
48.20
48.97
49.78
50.58
51.45
52.35
53.25
54.23

Sch. 1

Column 1 / Column 2
Years / Months / $ c
71
71
71
71
71
71
71
71
71
71
71
71 / 0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11 / 55.25
56.27
57.37
58.52
59.68
60.93
62.25
63.59
65.04
66.57
68.13
69.83
Years / Weeks / $ c
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72 / 0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12 / 71.46
71.88
72.30
72.73
73.17
73.61
74.06
74.51
74.97
75.44
75.91
76.39
76.88
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72 / 13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25 / 77.37
77.87
78.38
78.89
79.41
79.94
80.48
81.02
81.58
82.14
82.71
83.29
83.88

Sch. 1

Column 1 / Column 2
Years / Weeks / $ c
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72 / 26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36 / 84.47
85.08
85.70
86.32
86.96
87.60
88.26
88.93
89.61
90.30
91.00
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72 / 37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49 / 91.71
92.44
93.18
93.93
93.69
95.47
96.26
97.07
97.89
98.73
99.58
100.44
101.33
72
72
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73 / 50
51
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13 / 102.23
103.15
104.08
105.03
106.00
106.99
108.00
109.03
110.08
111.15
112.25
113.36
114.50
115.67
116.86
118.08

Sch. 1

Column 1 / Column 2
Years / Weeks / $ c
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73 / 14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34 / 119.33
120.60
121.91
123.24
124.61
126.01
127.44
128.91
130.41
131.95
133.53
135.15
136.81
138.52
140.27
142.07
143.92
145.82
147.77
149.78
151.85
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
74
74 / 35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
0
1 / 153.98
156.17
158.43
160.76
163.16
165.64
168.20
170.84
173.57
176.40
179.32
182.34
185.47
188.71
192.09
195.47
198.84
202.22
205.59

Sch. 1

Column 1 / Column 2
Years / Weeks / $ c
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74 / 2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19 / 208.97
212.34
215.72
220.15
224.77
229.59
234.64
239.92
245.45
251.25
257.34
263.74
270.49
277.59
285.09
293.02
301.41
310.32
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74 / 20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41 / 319.78
329.85
340.59
352.08
364.38
377.60
391.83
407.20
423.85
441.95
461.70
483.33
507.12
533.41
562.63
595.28
632.02
673.65
721.23
776.13
840.19
915.89

Sch. 1

Column 1 / Column 2
Years / Weeks / $ c
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74
74 / 42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51 / 1006.73
1117.75
1256.54
1434.97
1672.89
2005.97
2505.60
3338.31
5003.73
10000.00

Sch. 1

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SCHEDULE 2

Sch. 2

Regulation 9

Redemptions

Column 1 / Column 2
Weeks / $ c
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33 / 10 000.00
5001.88
3335.84
2502.82
2003.01
1669.80
1431.79
1253.29
1114.45
1003.39
912.51
836.78
772.70
717.78
670.18
628.53
591.78
559.11
529.88
503.58
479.78
458.14
438.39
420.28
403.62
388.24
374.00
360.78
348.47
336.98
326.23
316.15
306.69

Sch. 2

Column 1 / Column 2
Weeks / $ c
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46 / 297.78
289.38
281.45
273.94
266.83
260.09
253.68
247.59
241.78
236.25
230.96
225.92
221.09
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73 / 216.47
212.03
207.78
203.71
199.79
196.02
192.39
188.90
185.53
182.29
179.16
176.13
173.21
170.39
167.66
165.02
162.46
159.98
157.58
155.25
152.99
150.79
148.66
146.59
144.58
142.63
140.73

Sch. 2

Column 1 / Column 2
Weeks / $ c
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92 / 138.88
137.08
135.32
133.61
131.95
130.33
128.75
127.21
125.70
124.23
122.80
121.40
120.03
118.70
117.39
116.12
114.87
113.65
112.46
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113 / 111.29
110.14
109.03
107.93
106.86
105.81
104.78
103.77
102.78
101.81
100.86
99.92
99.01
98.11
97.23
96.37
95.52
94.68
93.87
93.06
92.27

Sch. 2

Column 1 / Column 2
Weeks / $ c
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138 / 91.50
90.73
89.99
89.25
88.53
87.81
87.12
86.43
85.75
85.09
84.43
83.79
83.15
82.53
81.91
81.31
80.71
80.13
79.55
78.98
78.42
77.87
77.32
76.79
76.26
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
147
147 / 75.74
75.22
74.72
74.22
73.73
73.24
72.76
72.29
71.83
71.37
70.92
150
151
152 / 70.47
70.03
69.59

Sch. 2

Column 1 / Column 2
Weeks / $ c
153
154
155
156 / 69.16
68.74
68.32
67.91
Years / Months / $ c
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5 / 0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3 / 67.91
66.31
64.42
62.99
61.62
60.00
58.77
57.59
56.18
55.11
53.83
52.85
51.91
50.79
49.92
49.09
48.09
47.33
46.59
45.69
45.01
44.34
43.54
42.93
42.33
41.60
41.04
40.50
5
5
5
5
5 / 4
5
6
7
8 / 39.85
39.34
38.84
38.25
37.78

Sch. 2

Column 1 / Column 2
Years / Months / $ c
5
5
5
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8 / 9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11 / 37.22
36.78
36.36
35.84
35.44
35.05
34.57
34.20
33.84
33.40
33.06
32.73
32.32
32.00
31.69
31.32
31.02
30.73
30.38
30.10
29.84
29.51
29.25
28.94
28.69
28.45
28.15
27.92
27.70
27.42
27.21
26.99
26.73
26.53
26.33
26.08
25.89
25.70
25.47

Sch. 2

Column 1 / Column 2
Years / Months / $ c
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
10 / 0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0 / 25.29
25.11
24.89
24.72
24.51
24.35
24.18
23.98
23.83
23.67
23.48
23.33
23.19
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
12
12
12
12 / 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3 / 23.01
22.87
22.73
22.56
22.42
22.29
22.13
22.00
21.87
21.71
21.59
21.47
21.32
21.21
21.06
20.95
20.84
20.70
20.59
20.48
20.35
20.25
20.15
20.02
19.92
19.82
19.70

Sch. 2

Column 1 / Column 2
Years / Months / $ c
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
14
14
14
14
14
14 / 4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5 / 19.60
19.51
19.39
19.30
19.21
19.10
19.01
18.93
18.82
18.73
18.63
18.55
18.47
18.37
18.29
18.21
18.11
18.03
17.96
17.87
17.79
17.72
17.63
17.56
17.49
17.40
14
14
14
14
14
14
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15 / 6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7 / 17.33
17.27
17.18
17.12
17.05
16.97
16.91
16.83
16.76
16.70
16.63
16.57
16.51
16.43

Sch. 2

Column 1 / Column 2
Years / Months / $ c
15
15
15
15
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18 / 8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7 / 16.37
16.32
16.25
16.19
16.13
16.06
16.01
15.95
15.89
15.83
15.78
15.72
15.67
15.62
15.55
15.50
15.44
15.39
15.34
15.28
15.24
15.19
15.13
15.09
15.04
14.98
14.94
14.90
14.84
14.80
14.75
14.70
14.66
14.62
14.57
14.53
18
18
18
18 / 8
9
10
11 / 14.47
14.43
14.39
14.35

Sch. 2

Column 1 / Column 2
Years / Months / $ c
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
20 / 0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
0 / 14.31
14.27
14.22
14.18
14.14
14.10
14.06
14.02
13.98
13.94
13.91
13.86
13.83
Years / $ c
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45 / 13.40
13.01
12.64
12.32
12.03
11.76
11.51
11.27
11.06
10.86
10.68
10.51
10.35
10.20
10.06
9.94
9.81
9.70
9.59
9.49
9.40
9.31
9.22
9.14
9.07

Sch. 2

Column 1 / Column 2
Years / $ c
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57 / 8.99
8.93
8.86
8.80
8.75
8.69
8.64
8.59
8.54
8.50
8.45
8.41
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76 / 8.38
8.34
8.30
8.27
8.24
8.21
8.18
8.15
8.12
8.10
8.07
8.05
8.03
8.01
7.99
7.97
7.95
7.93
7.92

Sch. 2

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S.R. No. 31/2010

Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 2010

ENDNOTES

Endnotes

[1] Reg. 4: S.R. No. 65/1999.