extend reimbursement of reasonable travel costs to persons attending a Registered Training Organisation, TAFE institution or university who were studying before their transport accident and who are unable to travel by their pre-accident means of transport, because of their injuries; enable introduction of guidelines regarding the use and application of the A.M.A Guides for the assessment of the degree of permanent impairment of a person injured as a result of a transport accident; and introduce a more flexible approach to the payment of funeral costs under the Act. Clause Notes Clause 1 sets out the purpose of the Bill, which is to make amendments to the Transport Accident Act 1986 to further improve the operation of that Act. Clause 2 provides for the Bill to commence on the day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent except section 27, which is taken to have come into operation on 16 October 2013. Clause 27 contains an amendment to section 93 to incorporate clinical criteria to be applied when assessing whether a person has a severe long-term mental or severe long-term behavioural disturbance or disorder. Clause 3 provides that in this Act, the Transport Accident Act 1986 is called the Principal Act. Clause 4 amends the definition of in section 3(1) and dependent child amends section 68(3)(a) of the Act to provide that a dependent child of a person who dies as a result of a transport accident, who was under the age of 18 at the time of the transport accident, is able to make a claim for dependency benefits at any time before attaining the age of 21 years, if no dependency claim has been made on their behalf. Clause 5 inserts a new subsection (aa) in the definition of medical in section 3(1) and inserts a new subsection (aaa) in service section 23(1)(a) to provide that occupational therapy services are included as a medical service and that these services require prior approval. The provision also adds occupational therapists to the list of practitioners that the TAC may require a person to be
extend reimbursement of reasonable travel costs to persons attending a Registered Training Organisation, TAFE institution or university who were studying before their transport accident and who are unable to travel by their pre-accident means of transport, because of their injuries; enable introduction of guidelines regarding the use and application of the A.M.A Guides for the assessment of the degree of permanent impairment of a person injured as a result of a transport accident; and introduce a more flexible approach to the payment of funeral costs under the Act. Clause Notes Clause 1 sets out the purpose of the Bill, which is to make amendments to the Transport Accident Act 1986 to further improve the operation of that Act. Clause 2 provides for the Bill to commence on the day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent except section 27, which is taken to have come into operation on 16 October 2013. Clause 27 contains an amendment to section 93 to incorporate clinical criteria to be applied when assessing whether a person has a severe long-term mental or severe long-term behavioural disturbance or disorder. Clause 3 provides that in this Act, the Transport Accident Act 1986 is called the Principal Act. Clause 4 amends the definition of dependent child in section 3(1) and amends section 68(3)(a) of the Act to provide that a dependent child of a person who dies as a result of a transport accident, who was under the age of 18 at the time of the transport accident, is able to make a claim for dependency benefits at any time before attaining the age of 21 years, if no dependency claim has been made on their behalf. Clause 5 inserts a new subsection (aa) in the definition of medical service in section 3(1) and inserts a new subsection (aaa) in section 23(1)(a) to provide that occupational therapy services are included as a medical service and that these services require prior approval. The provision also adds occupational therapists to the list of practitioners that the TAC may require a person to be
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