Under the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW), 'treatment' in s 58 includes gratuitous attendant care services and is not confined to professionally provided or paid services. The existence of a 'medical dispute' under s 60 is not a jurisdictional fact to be determined by the Court but a matter for the proper officer of the Authority. A medical assessment dispute under s 58 does not extend to a claim under s 15B(2) of the Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) for loss of the claimant's capacity to provide domestic services to dependants (per Gleeson JA, obiter).
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