Meaning of pre-injury weekly income—self-employed person
82 Meaning of pre-injury weekly income—self-employed person
In this Act:
pre-injury weekly income, for a self‑employed person, means the average weekly amount of the sum of the following amounts from all paid work undertaken by the person in the 52 weeks immediately before the date of the motor accident:
the person’s gross income as an employee;
the person’s net income as a self-employed person.
If, as a result of the injured person’s injury, the injured person engages someone (a hiree) to perform the injured person’s work, the amount paid to the hiree may be taken into account for working out the person’s pre-injury weekly income.
In this section:
self-employed person means a person injured in a motor accident who was, on the date of the motor accident, self-employed.
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