Eligibility for interim benefits for attendant care services
18BD Eligibility for interim benefits for attendant care services
(1) Benefits for attendant care services are payable under this section to or for the benefit of an eligible person if:
(a) the eligible person suffers an impairment as a result of an injury received in, or as a result of, the motor accident; and
(b) the person requires attendant care services in consequence of the impairment; and
(c) the criteria prescribed by regulation for this section are satisfied.
(2) However, benefits under this section are not payable if benefits are payable under section 18BC.
Benefits under this section cease to be payable:
(a) if the injured person was less than 3 years of age at the date of the accident – when the person attains 6 years of age; or
(b) otherwise – 3 years after the date the injured person makes a claim under this Act.
(4) The Commission must determine whether an injured person in receipt of benefits under this section is eligible for benefits under section 18BC prior to the expiry of the period in subsection (3).
(5) A person cannot be eligible for interim benefits for attendant care services more than once for the same impairment.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed by regulation
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