Transport Accident Regulations 2017

The following injuries are specified for the purposes of the definition of severe injury in section 3(1) of the Act—

an injury that results in permanent blindness;

burns to not more than 50% of the body that cause severe disfigurement and comprise of full-thickness burns—

to the head, neck, arms or lower legs; or

that result in severe difficulties in performing mobility, communication and self-care tasks;

a brachial plexus injury that results in the loss of the use of a limb.

In this regulation, permanent blindness means—

a field of vision that is constricted to 10 degrees or less of arc from central fixation in the better eye, irrespective of corrected visual acuity; or

a corrected visual acuity of less than 6/60 of the Snellen Scale in both eyes; or

a combination of visual defects resulting in the same degree of visual loss as referred to in paragraph (a) or (b).