The two-step approach from Meadows v Lichmore (requiring assessment of whether there is a substantial organic basis for pain and suffering consequences before disentangling physical and psychological components) has limited relevance to serious injury claims under s 93 of the Transport Accident Act 1986, because that Act contains no equivalent of s 134AB(38)(h) of the Accident Compensation Act 1985. Under the Transport Accident Act, an applicant relying on paragraph (a) of the definition must establish that the claimed impairment or loss of body function results from the infliction of a physical injury, applying the Humphries v Poljak test without modification.
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