Section 4.5 — Motor Accident Injuries Act 2017 (NSW)

(1) The only damages that may be awarded for economic loss are (subject to this Division)—
(a) damages for past or future economic loss due to loss of earnings or the deprivation or impairment of earning capacity, and
(b) damages for costs relating to accommodation or travel (not being the cost of treatment and care) of a kind prescribed by the regulations, and
(c) damages for the cost of the financial management of damages that are awarded, and
(d) damages by way of re-imbursement for income tax paid or payable on statutory benefits or workers compensation benefits arising from the injury that are required to be repaid on an award of damages to which this Part applies.
(2) This section does not apply to an award of damages in an action under the Compensation to Relatives Act 1897.

Related sections

• s 4.2 — General regulation of award of damages
• s 4.3 — Damages that may be awarded
• s 4.4 — No damages for threshold injuries
• s 4.6 — Maximum for loss of earnings etc
• s 4.7 — Future economic loss—claimant’s prospects and adjustments
• s 4.8 — Assessment of impairment of earning capacity if dispute over degree of impairment

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