Motor Accident Injuries Act 2019

A person may apply to the relevant insurer for a motor accident for quality of life benefits (a quality of life benefits application) if the insurer accepts, or is taken to have accepted, liability for defined benefits under section 65.

The quality of life benefits application must be made—

not earlier than 26 weeks after the date of the motor accident; and

not later than 4 years and 6 months after the date of the motor accident.

A quality of life benefits application must—

request that the relevant insurer refer the injured person to an authorised IME provider for a WPI assessment; and

include the details required by the MAI guidelines; and

be accompanied by the documents required by the MAI guidelines.

To remove any doubt, if a person makes a quality of life benefits application—

the relevant insurer must refer the injured person to an authorised IME provider for a first WPI assessment in accordance with this division; and

Note If a person has injuries to more than 1 body system, the WPI assessment of each body system may be carried out by different medical examiners or combined in accordance with the WPI assessment guidelines (see s 151).

the injured person may arrange for a private medical examiner to carry out a second or subsequent WPI assessment only in accordance with section 158 (Second WPI report).