Victorian Numbered Acts

TRANSPORT ACCIDENT AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION ACTS AMENDMENT ACT 2007 (NO. 60 OF 2007) - SECT 20

After Division 3 of Part 11 of the Transport Accident Act 1986 insert —

" Division 4—Transport Accident and Accident Compensation Acts Amendment Act 2007

        193     Changes that apply to all claims

This Act, as amended by sections 3(2), 3(3), 3(5), 3(6), 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14(2), 14(3), 14(4) and 15(2) of the Transport Accident and Accident Compensation Acts Amendment Act 2007 , applies with respect to all transport accidents, regardless of when they occurred, and to all applications, regardless of when the applications were made.

        194     Changes that only apply to claims made on or after the commencement date

This Act, as amended by sections 3(4), 6, 7 and 14(1) of the Transport Accident and Accident Compensation Acts Amendment Act 2007 , only applies to applications in respect of transport accidents that occur on or after the day after the day on which the Transport Accident and Accident Compensation Acts Amendment Act 2007 receives the Royal Assent.

        195     Application of amendments to section 6

    (1)     Subject to subsection (2), section 6 as amended by section 4 of the Transport Accident and Accident Compensation Acts Amendment Act 2007 applies in respect of any payment of weekly payments and pre-accident weekly earnings made on or after the commencement of section 4 of the Transport Accident and Accident Compensation Acts Amendment Act 2007 regardless of when the transport accident occurred or the application was made.

    (2)     If an application for review has been made to the Tribunal under section 77 before the commencement of section 4 of the Transport Accident and Accident Compensation Acts Amendment Act 2007 , the application is to be determined as if section 6 had not been amended by section 4 of the Transport Accident and Accident Compensation Acts Amendment Act 2007 .".