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Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 1999

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i Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 1999 S.R. No. 65/1999 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Regulation Page 1. Objective 1 2. Authorising provision 1 3. Commencement 2 4. Revocation 2 5. Definition 2 6. Periodic payments of impairment benefit 2 7. Periodic payments of impairment benefit annuity 3 8. Rounding 3 9. Redemptions 3 __________________ SCHEDULES 6 SCHEDULE 1—Periodic payment of impairment benefit or annuity 6 SCHEDULE 2—Redemptions 18 ═══════════════ NOTES 30 -- 1 of 31 -- 1 STATUTORY RULES 1999 S.R. No. 65/1999 Transport Accident Act 1986 Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 1999 The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations: Dated: 1 June 1999 Responsible Minister: ALAN STOCKDALE Treasurer SHANNON DELLAMARTA Acting Clerk of the Executive Council 1. Objective The objective of these Regulations is to prescribe the manner— (a) of calculation, for the purposes of sections 47(4) and 48(1) of the Act, of periodic payments of the impairment benefits; and (b) of determining, for the purposes of section 56 of the Act, an amount being in redemption of the sum of the periodic payments under section 48 of the Act and the weekly payments under section 49, 50 or 51 of the Act. 2. Authorising provision These Regulations are made under section 132 of the Transport Accident Act 1986. -- 2 of 31 -- S.R. No. 65/1999 Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 1999 2 3. Commencement These Regulations come into operation on 29 June 1999. 4. Revocation The Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 19881 are revoked. 5. Definition In these Regulations, "the Act" means the Transport Accident Act 1986. 6. Periodic payments 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— A $10 000 B × where— A is 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 B is— (a) if, at the date of assessment of the impairment benefit, the person is 18 years 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 that date, the person is 55 years and 1 month or more and under r. 3 -- 3 of 31 -- S.R. No. 65/1999 Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 1999 3 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 that date, the person is 72 years 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 that date the person is 75 or over, $10 000. 7. Periodic payments of impairment benefit annuity For the purposes of section 48(1) 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— A $10 000 B × where— A is the amount determined in accordance with section 48(1) of the Act; and B has the same meaning as in regulation 6. 8. Rounding 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. 9. Redemptions r. 7 -- 4 of 31 -- S.R. No. 65/1999 Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 1999 4 (1) For the purposes of section 56(1) of the Act, the amount payable to a person must be determined in accordance with the formula— A B $10 000 C D $10 000 ×      + ×      where— A is the amount of a weekly payment calculated in accordance with regulation 7; and B is— (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— (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; or (ii) the day before the day on which the person attains 75— whichever is the earlier; 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 -- 5 of 31 -- S.R. No. 65/1999 Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 1999 5 the day on which the person attains 75; and C is the amount of a weekly payment in respect of loss of earning capacity under section 49, 50 or 51 of the Act; and D is— (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 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 (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 the day on which the person, by reason of section 53(1) of the Act, would cease to be entitled to receive payments in respect of loss of earning capacity. (2) For the purposes of the definitions of "B" and "D" in sub-regulation (1), a period of less than 1 week is deemed to be a complete week. __________________ r. 9 -- 6 of 31 -- S.R. No. 65/1999 Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 1999 6 SCHEDULES SCHEDULE 1 Regulations 6 and 7 PERIODIC PAYMENT OF IMPAIRMENT BENEFIT OR ANNUITY Column 1 Column 2 Years $ c 18 8.73 19 8.78 20 8.83 21 8.88 22 8.94 23 9.01 24 9.07 25 9.13 26 9.21 27 9.28 28 9.36 29 9.45 30 9.54 31 9.63 32 9.73 33 9.84 34 9.95 35 10.08 36 10.20 37 10.34 38 10.48 39 10.64 40 10.81 41 10.99 42 11.17 43 11.37 44 11.59 45 11.83 Sch. 1 -- 7 of 31 -- S.R. No. 65/1999 Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 1999 7 Column 1 Column 2 Years $ c 46 12.09 47 12.36 48 12.65 49 12.97 50 13.32 51 13.70 52 14.11 53 14.55 54 15.05 55 15.22 Years Months $ c 55 1 15.25 55 2 15.30 55 3 15.35 55 4 15.39 55 5 15.44 55 6 15.49 55 7 15.53 55 8 15.58 55 9 15.63 55 10 15.67 55 11 15.72 56 0 15.78 56 1 15.82 56 2 15.87 56 3 15.93 56 4 15.97 56 5 16.02 56 6 16.08 56 7 16.12 56 8 16.18 56 9 16.23 56 10 16.28 56 11 16.34 57 0 16.40 Sch. 1 -- 8 of 31 -- S.R. No. 65/1999 Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 1999 8 Column 1 Column 2 Years Months $ c 57 1 16.44 57 2 16.50 57 3 16.56 57 4 16.61 57 5 16.67 57 6 16.73 57 7 16.78 57 8 16.84 57 9 16.91 57 10 16.96 57 11 17.02 58 0 17.09 58 1 17.14 58 2 17.20 58 3 17.26 58 4 17.33 58 5 17.38 58 6 17.45 58 7 17.52 58 8 17.57 58 9 17.64 58 10 17.70 58 11 17.77 59 0 17.85 59 1 17.91 59 2 17.98 59 3 18.05 59 4 18.11 59 5 18.19 59 6 18.27 59 7 18.33 59 8 18.41 59 9 18.49 59 10 18.56 59 11 18.64 60 0 18.72 Sch. 1 -- 9 of 31 -- S.R. No. 65/1999 Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 1999 9 Column 1 Column 2 Years Months $ c 60 1 18.79 60 2 18.87 60 3 18.95 60 4 19.02 60 5 19.11 60 6 19.20 60 7 19.27 60 8 19.36 60 9 19.45 60 10 19.52 60 11 19.62 61 0 19.71 61 1 19.79 61 2 19.88 61 3 19.98 61 4 20.06 61 5 20.16 61 6 20.26 61 7 20.34 61 8 20.44 61 9 20.55 61 10 20.63 61 11 20.74 62 0 20.85 62 1 20.94 62 2 21.05 62 3 21.16 62 4 21.25 62 5 21.36 62 6 21.48 62 7 21.58 62 8 21.70 62 9 21.82 62 10 21.92 62 11 22.04 63 0 22.17 Sch. 1 -- 10 of 31 -- S.R. No. 65/1999 Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 1999 10 Column 1 Column 2 Years Months $ c 63 1 22.27 63 2 22.40 63 3 22.51 63 4 22.64 63 5 22.76 63 6 22.89 63 7 23.02 63 8 23.14 63 9 23.28 63 10 23.41 63 11 23.55 64 0 23.70 64 1 23.83 64 2 23.98 64 3 24.13 64 4 24.26 64 5 24.42 64 6 24.58 64 7 24.72 64 8 24.88 64 9 25.05 64 10 25.20 64 11 25.37 65 0 25.54 65 1 25.70 65 2 25.88 65 3 26.06 65 4 26.22 65 5 26.41 65 6 26.60 65 7 26.78 65 8 26.98 65 9 27.18 65 10 27.36 65 11 27.57 66 0 27.79 Sch. 1 -- 11 of 31 -- S.R. No. 65/1999 Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 1999 11 Column 1 Column 2 Years Months $ c 66 1 27.98 66 2 28.20 66 3 28.42 66 4 28.63 66 5 28.86 66 6 29.09 66 7 29.31 66 8 29.56 66 9 29.81 66 10 30.04 66 11 30.31 67 0 30.57 67 1 30.82 67 2 31.09 67 3 31.37 67 4 31.64 67 5 31.93 67 6 32.23 67 7 32.51 67 8 32.83 67 9 33.15 67 10 33.45 67 11 33.79 68 0 34.14 68 1 34.46 68 2 34.82 68 3 35.18 68 4 35.53 68 5 35.92 68 6 36.31 68 7 36.69 68 8 37.11 68 9 37.54 68 10 37.95 68 11 38.40 69 0 38.86 Sch. 1 -- 12 of 31 -- S.R. No. 65/1999 Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 1999 12 Column 1 Column 2 Years Months $ c 69 1 39.31 69 2 39.79 69 3 40.26 69 4 40.78 69 5 41.28 69 6 41.82 69 7 42.38 69 8 42.93 69 9 43.53 69 10 44.12 69 11 44.76 70 0 45.42 70 1 46.06 70 2 46.76 70 3 47.48 70 4 48.20 70 5 48.97 70 6 49.78 70 7 50.58 70 8 51.45 70 9 52.35 70 10 53.25 70 11 54.23 71 0 55.25 71 1 56.27 71 2 57.37 71 3 58.52 71 4 59.68 71 5 60.93 71 6 62.25 71 7 63.59 71 8 65.04 71 9 66.57 71 10 68.13 71 11 69.83 Sch. 1 -- 13 of 31 -- S.R. No. 65/1999 Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 1999 13 Column 1 Column 2 Years Weeks $ c 72 0 71.46 72 1 71.88 72 2 72.30 72 3 72.73 72 4 73.17 72 5 73.61 72 6 74.06 72 7 74.51 72 8 74.97 72 9 75.44 72 10 75.91 72 11 76.39 72 12 76.88 72 13 77.37 72 14 77.87 72 15 78.38 72 16 78.89 72 17 79.41 72 18 79.94 72 19 80.48 72 20 81.02 72 21 81.58 72 22 82.14 72 23 82.71 72 24 83.29 72 25 83.88 72 26 84.47 72 27 85.08 72 28 85.70 72 29 86.32 72 30 86.96 72 31 87.60 72 32 88.26 72 33 88.93 72 34 89.61 72 35 90.30 Sch. 1 -- 14 of 31 -- S.R. No. 65/1999 Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 1999 14 Column 1 Column 2 Years Weeks $ c 72 36 91.00 72 37 91.71 72 38 92.44 72 39 93.18 72 40 93.93 72 41 94.69 72 42 95.47 72 43 96.26 72 44 97.07 72 45 97.89 72 46 98.73 72 47 99.58 72 48 100.44 72 49 101.33 72 50 102.23 72 51 103.15 73 0 104.08 73 1 105.03 73 2 106.00 73 3 106.99 73 4 108.00 73 5 109.03 73 6 110.08 73 7 111.15 73 8 112.25 73 9 113.36 73 10 114.50 73 11 115.67 73 12 116.86 73 13 118.08 73 14 119.33 73 15 120.60 73 16 121.91 73 17 123.24 73 18 124.61 73 19 126.01 Sch. 1 -- 15 of 31 -- S.R. No. 65/1999 Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 1999 15 Column 1 Column 2 Years Weeks $ c 73 20 127.44 73 21 128.91 73 22 130.41 73 23 131.95 73 24 133.53 73 25 135.15 73 26 136.81 73 27 138.52 73 28 140.27 73 29 142.07 73 30 143.92 73 31 145.82 73 32 147.77 73 33 149.78 73 34 151.85 73 35 153.98 73 36 156.17 73 37 158.43 73 38 160.76 73 39 163.16 73 40 165.64 73 41 168.20 73 42 170.84 73 43 173.57 73 44 176.40 73 45 179.32 73 46 182.34 73 47 185.47 73 48 188.71 73 49 192.09 73 50 195.47 73 51 198.84 74 0 202.22 74 1 205.59 74 2 208.97 74 3 212.34 Sch. 1 -- 16 of 31 -- S.R. No. 65/1999 Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 1999 16 Column 1 Column 2 Years Weeks $ c 74 4 215.72 74 5 220.15 74 6 224.77 74 7 229.59 74 8 234.64 74 9 239.92 74 10 245.45 74 11 251.25 74 12 257.34 74 13 263.74 74 14 270.49 74 15 277.59 74 16 285.09 74 17 293.02 74 18 301.41 74 19 310.32 74 20 319.78 74 21 329.85 74 22 340.59 74 23 352.08 74 24 364.38 74 25 377.60 74 26 391.83 74 27 407.20 74 28 423.85 74 29 441.95 74 30 461.70 74 31 483.33 74 32 507.12 74 33 533.41 74 34 562.63 74 35 595.28 74 36 632.02 74 37 673.65 74 38 721.23 74 39 776.13 Sch. 1 -- 17 of 31 -- S.R. No. 65/1999 Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 1999 17 Column 1 Column 2 Years Weeks $ c 74 40 840.19 74 41 915.89 74 42 1006.73 74 43 1117.75 74 44 1256.54 74 45 1434.97 74 46 1672.89 74 47 2005.97 74 48 2505.60 74 49 3338.31 74 50 5003.73 74 51 10 000.00 _______________ Sch. 1 -- 18 of 31 -- S.R. No. 65/1999 Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 1999 18 SCHEDULE 2 Regulation 9 REDEMPTIONS Column 1 Column 2 Period Weeks $ c 1 10 000.00 2 5001.88 3 3335.84 4 2502.82 5 2003.01 6 1669.80 7 1431.79 8 1253.29 9 1114.45 10 1003.39 11 912.51 12 836.78 13 772.70 14 717.78 15 670.18 16 628.53 17 591.78 18 559.11 19 529.88 20 503.58 21 479.78 22 458.14 23 438.39 24 420.28 25 403.62 26 388.24 27 374.00 28 360.78 29 348.47 30 336.98 Sch. 2 -- 19 of 31 -- S.R. No. 65/1999 Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 1999 19 Column 1 Column 2 Period Weeks $ c 31 326.23 32 316.15 33 306.69 34 297.78 35 289.38 36 281.45 37 273.94 38 266.83 39 260.09 40 253.68 41 247.59 42 241.78 43 236.25 44 230.96 45 225.92 46 221.09 47 216.47 48 212.03 49 207.78 50 203.71 51 199.79 52 196.02 53 192.39 54 188.90 55 185.53 56 182.29 57 179.16 58 176.13 59 173.21 60 170.39 61 167.66 62 165.02 63 162.46 64 159.98 65 157.58 Sch. 2 -- 20 of 31 -- S.R. No. 65/1999 Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 1999 20 Column 1 Column 2 Period Weeks $ c 66 155.25 67 152.99 68 150.79 69 148.66 70 146.59 71 144.58 72 142.63 73 140.73 74 138.88 75 137.08 76 135.32 77 133.61 78 131.95 79 130.33 80 128.75 81 127.21 82 125.70 83 124.23 84 122.80 85 121.40 86 120.03 87 118.70 88 117.39 89 116.12 90 114.87 91 113.65 92 112.46 93 111.29 94 110.14 95 109.03 96 107.93 97 106.86 98 105.81 99 104.78 100 103.77 Sch. 2 -- 21 of 31 -- S.R. No. 65/1999 Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 1999 21 Column 1 Column 2 Period Weeks $ c 101 102.78 102 101.81 103 100.86 104 99.92 105 99.01 106 98.11 107 97.23 108 96.37 109 95.52 110 94.68 111 93.87 112 93.06 113 92.27 114 91.50 115 90.73 116 89.99 117 89.25 118 88.53 119 87.81 120 87.12 121 86.43 122 85.75 123 85.09 124 84.43 125 83.79 126 83.15 127 82.53 128 81.91 129 81.31 130 80.71 131 80.13 132 79.55 133 78.98 134 78.42 135 77.87 Sch. 2 -- 22 of 31 -- S.R. No. 65/1999 Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 1999 22 Column 1 Column 2 Period Weeks $ c 136 77.32 137 76.79 138 76.26 139 75.74 140 75.22 141 74.72 142 74.22 143 73.73 144 73.24 145 72.76 146 72.29 147 71.83 148 71.37 149 70.92 150 70.47 151 70.03 152 69.59 153 69.16 154 68.74 155 68.32 156 67.91 Years Months $ c 3 0 67.91 3 1 66.31 3 2 64.42 3 3 62.99 3 4 61.62 3 5 60.00 3 6 58.77 3 7 57.59 3 8 56.18 3 9 55.11 3 10 53.83 3 11 52.85 Sch. 2 -- 23 of 31 -- S.R. No. 65/1999 Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 1999 23 Column 1 Column 2 Years Months $ c 4 0 51.91 4 1 50.79 4 2 49.92 4 3 49.09 4 4 48.09 4 5 47.33 4 6 46.59 4 7 45.69 4 8 45.01 4 9 44.34 4 10 43.54 4 11 42.93 5 0 42.33 5 1 41.60 5 2 41.04 5 3 40.50 5 4 39.85 5 5 39.34 5 6 38.84 5 7 38.25 5 8 37.78 5 9 37.22 5 10 36.78 5 11 36.36 6 0 35.84 6 1 35.44 6 2 35.05 6 3 34.57 6 4 34.20 6 5 33.84 6 6 33.40 6 7 33.06 6 8 32.73 6 9 32.32 6 10 32.00 6 11 31.69 Sch. 2 -- 24 of 31 -- S.R. No. 65/1999 Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 1999 24 Column 1 Column 2 Years Months $ c 7 0 31.32 7 1 31.02 7 2 30.73 7 3 30.38 7 4 30.10 7 5 29.84 7 6 29.51 7 7 29.25 7 8 28.94 7 9 28.69 7 10 28.45 7 11 28.15 8 0 27.92 8 1 27.70 8 2 27.42 8 3 27.21 8 4 26.99 8 5 26.73 8 6 26.53 8 7 26.33 8 8 26.08 8 9 25.89 8 10 25.70 8 11 25.47 9 0 25.29 9 1 25.11 9 2 24.89 9 3 24.72 9 4 24.51 9 5 24.35 9 6 24.18 9 7 23.98 9 8 23.83 9 9 23.67 9 10 23.48 9 11 23.33 Sch. 2 -- 25 of 31 -- S.R. No. 65/1999 Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 1999 25 Column 1 Column 2 Years Months $ c 10 0 23.19 10 1 23.01 10 2 22.87 10 3 22.73 10 4 22.56 10 5 22.42 10 6 22.29 10 7 22.13 10 8 22.00 10 9 21.87 10 10 21.71 10 11 21.59 11 0 21.47 11 1 21.32 11 2 21.21 11 3 21.06 11 4 20.95 11 5 20.84 11 6 20.70 11 7 20.59 11 8 20.48 11 9 20.35 11 10 20.25 11 11 20.15 12 0 20.02 12 1 19.92 12 2 19.82 12 3 19.70 12 4 19.60 12 5 19.51 12 6 19.39 12 7 19.30 12 8 19.21 12 9 19.10 12 10 19.01 12 11 18.93 Sch. 2 -- 26 of 31 -- S.R. No. 65/1999 Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 1999 26 Column 1 Column 2 Years Months $ c 13 0 18.82 13 1 18.73 13 2 18.63 13 3 18.55 13 4 18.47 13 5 18.37 13 6 18.29 13 7 18.21 13 8 18.11 13 9 18.03 13 10 17.96 13 11 17.87 14 0 17.79 14 1 17.72 14 2 17.63 14 3 17.56 14 4 17.49 14 5 17.40 14 6 17.33 14 7 17.27 14 8 17.18 14 9 17.12 14 10 17.05 14 11 16.97 15 0 16.91 15 1 16.83 15 2 16.76 15 3 16.70 15 4 16.63 15 5 16.57 15 6 16.51 15 7 16.43 15 8 16.37 15 9 16.32 15 10 16.25 15 11 16.19 Sch. 2 -- 27 of 31 -- S.R. No. 65/1999 Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 1999 27 Column 1 Column 2 Years Months $ c 16 0 16.13 16 1 16.06 16 2 16.01 16 3 15.95 16 4 15.89 16 5 15.83 16 6 15.78 16 7 15.72 16 8 15.67 16 9 15.62 16 10 15.55 16 11 15.50 17 0 15.44 17 1 15.39 17 2 15.34 17 3 15.28 17 4 15.24 17 5 15.19 17 6 15.13 17 7 15.09 17 8 15.04 17 9 14.98 17 10 14.94 17 11 14.90 18 0 14.84 18 1 14.80 18 2 14.75 18 3 14.70 18 4 14.66 18 5 14.62 18 6 14.57 18 7 14.53 18 8 14.47 18 9 14.43 18 10 14.39 18 11 14.35 Sch. 2 -- 28 of 31 -- S.R. No. 65/1999 Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 1999 28 Column 1 Column 2 Years Months $ c 19 0 14.31 19 1 14.27 19 2 14.22 19 3 14.18 19 4 14.14 19 5 14.10 19 6 14.06 19 7 14.02 19 8 13.98 19 9 13.94 19 10 13.91 19 11 13.86 20 0 13.83 Years $ c 21 13.40 22 13.01 23 12.64 24 12.32 25 12.03 26 11.76 27 11.51 28 11.27 29 11.06 30 10.86 31 10.68 32 10.51 33 10.35 34 10.20 35 10.06 36 9.94 37 9.81 38 9.70 39 9.59 40 9.49 41 9.40 Sch. 2 -- 29 of 31 -- S.R. No. 65/1999 Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 1999 29 Column 1 Column 2 Years $ c 42 9.31 43 9.22 44 9.14 45 9.07 46 8.99 47 8.93 48 8.86 49 8.80 50 8.75 51 8.69 52 8.64 53 8.59 54 8.54 55 8.50 56 8.45 57 8.41 58 8.38 59 8.34 60 8.30 61 8.27 62 8.24 63 8.21 64 8.18 65 8.15 66 8.12 67 8.10 68 8.07 69 8.05 70 8.03 71 8.01 72 7.99 73 7.97 74 7.95 75 7.93 76 7.92 ═══════════════ Sch. 2 -- 30 of 31 -- S.R. No. 65/1999 Transport Accident (Impairment) Regulations 1999 30 NOTES 1 Reg 4: S.R. No. 255/1988. Reprint No. 1 as at 2 May 1996. Notes -- 31 of 31 --