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StatuteInjury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001

Section 378 — Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001: Personal injury suffered on or after 1 July 1999 and before 1 April 2002

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378 Personal injury suffered on or after 1 July 1999 and before 1 April 2002 (1) The provisions of Part 4 of Schedule 1 of the Accident Insurance Act 1998 continue to apply to personal injury suffered on or after 1 July 1999 and before 1 April 2002, irrespective of when the claim for cover in respect of that personal injury was or is lodged. (2) The amounts referred to in clause 62(1) of Schedule 1 of the Accident Insurance Act 1998, as adjusted under section 103 of that Act, must be adjusted in accordance with section 388 . (3) Despite section 339 , for the purposes of this section, section 403 of the Accident Insurance Act 1998 continues to apply as if subsection (2) were repealed, and the following subsection were substituted: “ (2) The Governor-General may, on the recommendation of the Minister, by Order in Council, make regulations for the purposes of clauses 60 and 61 of Schedule 1 that— “ (a) refer to, or incorporate by reference, in whole or in part, the American Medical Association Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment: “ (b) refer to, or incorporate by reference, guides, frameworks, or other standards: “ (c) prescribe an assessment tool that in itself may refer to, or incorporate by reference, in whole or in part, anything referred to in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b): “ (d) do any of a combination of things referred to in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) or paragraph (c). ”

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