Meaning of significant occupational impact

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In this Act:

significant occupational impact (or SOI), of an injured person’s injury on the person’s ability to undertake employment—an injury sustained by a person injured in a motor accident has a significant occupational impact on the person’s ability to undertake employment if the person—

(a)

either—

(i)

is prevented from performing the work the person performed before the motor accident; or

(ii)

has reduced capacity to perform the work the person performed before the motor accident; and

(b)

either—

(i)

is unable, or has limited ability, to undertake training in another area of work; or

(ii)

cannot undertake appropriate alternative employment.

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