Legislation to note: Motor Accidents Compensation Amendment (Claims and Dispute Resolution) Bill 2007

03/12/2007

The Motor Accidents Compensation Amendment (Claims and Dispute Resolution) Bill 2007�was introduced in the NSW Legislative Assembly�on 27 November, and has received the agreement in principle speech. The object of the Bill, as expressed in the explanatory notes, is to amend the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999, to:_ _

>> make various amendments to provisions concerned with the assessment of medical disputes between claimants and insurers about motor accident injuries and the review of those assessments, including amendments with respect to the matters within the jurisdiction of medical assessors and the independence of medical assessors, and

>>�to make various amendments to provisions dealing with the procedures for assessment by the Motor Accidents Claims Assessment and Resolution Service (CARS) of motor accident claims and disputes.

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3 December 2007