Motor Accident Injuries Act 2019

The MAI commission must keep a register of applications for defined benefits and motor accident claims (the MAI injury register).

The MAI injury register must contain information provided under this Act by insurers that the MAI commission considers appropriate to include in the MAI injury register.

The MAI injury register must also include information provided by the LTCS commissioner under the LTCS Act, section 94 (Exchange of information) that the MAI commission considers appropriate for inclusion in the MAI injury register.

Note LTCS Act—see the dictionary.

LTCS commissioner—see the dictionary.

The following people may access information contained in the MAI injury register:

licensed insurers;

a person approved, in writing, by the MAI commission.

The MAI commission must not approve a person to access the MAI injury register unless the MAI commission is satisfied in relation to the following:

the purpose for which the person needs to access the register;

that the person has appropriate procedures or systems in place to safeguard the handling of information accessed on the register.

However, information that would, if it became generally known, affect an insurer’s competitive position must not be disclosed in a form that would allow the insurer to be identified.

Note It is an offence to use or divulge protected information about a person (see s 476).