The Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994 (Qld) applies to personal injury that satisfies s 5(1)(a) without requiring the injury to arise from an identifiable discrete 'motor vehicle accident' or 'incident' as defined in s 4. The term 'motor vehicle accident' is a compendious reference to the occurrences in s 5(1)(a). Cumulative injuries from repeated driving with defective equipment fall within the statutory policy. The significance of this holding may have been reduced by the subsequent amendment excluding injuries arising gradually from a series of incidents.
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