Short-term benefits for attendant care services
18A Short-term benefits for attendant care services
Benefits for attendant care services are payable under this section to or for the benefit of an eligible person if:
the eligible person suffers an impairment as a result of the injury received in, or as a result of, the motor accident; and
the person requires attendant care services in consequence of the impairment; and
the person has not been assessed as eligible for long-term attendant care services.
However, benefits are only payable under this section if the services are of a standard the Commission considers appropriate.
Benefits payable under this section are to be determined in accordance with the regulations.
The relevant limit for each week is 32 hours less the number of hours for which the eligible person receives nursing care in that week.
The benefits are to be allowed, in the first instance, for a period of up to one year but the Commission may extend the period of one year if, after considering the advice of a medical practitioner, the Commission considers the extension reasonable but the aggregate period for which the benefits are payable cannot exceed 2 years.
Benefits are not payable under this section for services provided outside Australia.
This provision refers to the regulations (the regulations
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