Motor Vehicle Accidents (Lifetime Support Scheme) Act 2013

The Authority may enter into an agreement with a prescribed authority for the provision of services to persons—

who have suffered work injuries under the Return to Work Act 2014; and

who, in the opinion of the prescribed authority, would benefit from participating in certain aspects of the Scheme relating to treatment, care and support needs and in having other services (whether under this Act or the Return to Work Act 2014) provided by the Authority.

If a person is the subject of an agreement under this section—

no other eligibility requirements under this Act will apply in relation to the person (and, if relevant, section 24(5)(b) will not apply); and

the person is eligible to receive such services as are contemplated by the agreement; and

the prescribed authority must pay to the Authority, for payment into the Fund, a contribution agreed between the Authority and the prescribed authority; and

the Authority is authorised to make payments out of the Fund in order to give effect to any provision of the agreement; and

any payments made from the Fund in respect of the person will be taken to be excluded payments for the purposes of section 43.

The Authority is authorised to exercise any power or discretion delegated to the Authority under an agreement entered into under this section and contemplated by section 176 of the Return to Work Act 2014.

In this section—

in relation to a person who has suffered a work injury as a worker of a self‑insured employer under the Return to Work Act 2014—that self‑insured employer; and

in any other case—the WorkCover Corporation;