Definitions
(1) In this Part— damages includes— (a) any form of monetary compensation, and (b) without limiting paragraph (a), any amount paid under a compromise or settlement of a claim for damages (whether or not legal proceedings have been instituted), but does not include— (c) compensation under this Act, or (d) additional or alternative compensation to which Division 8 of Part 3 applies, or (e) an award of compensation or direction for compensation under Part 2 or Part 4 of the Victims Compensation Act 1996, or (f) a sum required or authorised to be paid under a State industrial instrument, or (g) any sum payable under a superannuation scheme or any life or other insurance policy, or (h) any amount paid in respect of costs incurred in connection with legal proceedings, or (i) damages of a class which is excluded by the regulations from this definition. (2) A reference in this Part to compensation payable under this Act includes a reference to compensation that would be payable under this Act if a claim for that compensation were duly made.
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