s 270

Time limit—no compulsory conference

In force

(1)

This section applies if—

(a)

the compulsory conference for the parties to a motor accident claim has been dispensed with; but

(b)

the obligation to exchange mandatory final offers has not been dispensed with.

(2)

The claimant may begin a court proceeding based on the motor accident claim—

(a)

by the due date; or

(b)

before a later day—

(i)

agreed by the parties not later than the due date; or

(ii)

decided by the court on application by the claimant not later than the due date.

(3)

In this section:

due date means the day that is 60 days after the later of the following:

(a)

6 months after the respondent received, or is taken to have received, the claimant’s complying notice of claim;

(b)

the day the compulsory conference was dispensed with.

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