New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MOTOR ACCIDENT INJURIES ACT 2017 - SECT 3.21

3.21 Weekly statutory benefits to persons residing outside Australia

(1) An injured person who resides outside Australia is not entitled to receive any weekly payment of statutory benefits in respect of any period during which the person resides outside Australia, except as provided by this section when the loss of earning capacity is likely to be of a permanent nature.

(2) An injured person residing outside Australia is entitled to receive on a quarterly basis, or at shorter intervals agreed by the insurer and injured person, the amount of the weekly payments accruing due during the preceding quarter if--

(a) the Commission or insurer has determined that the injured person's loss of earning capacity is likely to be of a permanent nature, and

(b) the person establishes, in such manner and at such intervals as may be required by the Motor Accident Guidelines, the person's identity and the continuance of the loss of earning capacity.