MOTOR VEHICLE (THIRD PARTY INSURANCE) ACT 1943 - SECT 6A

MOTOR VEHICLE (THIRD PARTY INSURANCE) ACT 1943 - SECT 6A

6A .         Insurance relating to catastrophic injury

        (1)         In this section —

        motor vehicle accident has the meaning given in the MV(CI) Act section 4(1).

        (2)         Subject to subsection (3), a policy of insurance complying with this Act is also taken to insure any person (the injured person ) against the risk of suffering a catastrophic injury that —

            (a)         is a motor vehicle injury to which the MV(CI) Act applies; and

            (b)         results from a motor vehicle accident involving the vehicle mentioned in the policy.

        (3)         The insurance referred to in subsection (2) extends only to the making of payments under the CISS for, or in respect of, necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by or on behalf of the injured person in relation to the injured person’s assessed treatment, care and support needs.

        [Section 6A inserted: No. 8 of 2016 s. 50.]