s 33
In forcePayments to people with legal disabilities
Chapter 4Entitlement to compensation
Part 4.2Compensation for personal injury
33 Payments to people with legal disabilities
(1)
If compensation under this Act is payable to someone with a legal disability, the Magistrates Court may make any order about the payment of the compensation that it considers appropriate to protect the person or the person’s interests.
(2)
In this section:
person with a mental disability means a person who is not legally competent to conduct the person’s legal affairs because of a mental disability whether or not a guardian has not been appointed for the person under the Guardianship and Management of Property Act 1991.
someone with a legal disability means someone who is—
(a)
a child; or
(b)
a person with a mental disability.
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