(4) If a person, as a result of his or her transport S. 60(4) accident injury, reasonably requires that a home in inserted by No. 84/2000 which he or she resides in be modified, the s. 20(1), Commission is liable— substituted by No. 94/2004 (a) to pay the reasonable costs of modifying the s. 19. home; or (b) if for any reason the home cannot be reasonably modified, to contribute a reasonable amount— (i) to the purchase costs of a semi detachable portable unit; or (ii) to the costs of relocating the person to another home that is suitable for the person or that is capable of being reasonably modified. (4A) Without limiting the factors the Commission may S. 60(4A) inserted by consider in determining the reasonable costs or No. 94/2004 amount for the purposes of subsection (4), the s. 19. Commission must have regard to the following factors— (a) whether the home in which the person resides is structurally suitable for modification; (b) the nature of the person's injuries as a result of the accident; (c) how those injuries restrict, or are likely to restrict, the person's ability— (i) to enter and leave the home in which the person resides; and (ii) to move about the home for necessary purposes; (d) the extent of the modifications that will be needed to address those restrictions or likely restrictions;
S. 60(4) inserted by No. 84/2000 s. 20(1), substituted by No. 94/2004 s. 19. (4) If a person, as a result of his or her transport accident injury, reasonably requires that a home in which he or she resides in be modified, the Commission is liable— (a) to pay the reasonable costs of modifying the home; or (b) if for any reason the home cannot be reasonably modified, to contribute a reasonable amount— (i) to the purchase costs of a semi detachable portable unit; or (ii) to the costs of relocating the person to another home that is suitable for the person or that is capable of being reasonably modified. S. 60(4A) inserted by No. 94/2004 s. 19. (4A) Without limiting the factors the Commission may consider in determining the reasonable costs or amount for the purposes of subsection (4), the Commission must have regard to the following factors— (a) whether the home in which the person resides is structurally suitable for modification; (b) the nature of the person's injuries as a result of the accident; (c) how those injuries restrict, or are likely to restrict, the person's ability— (i) to enter and leave the home in which the person resides; and (ii) to move about the home for necessary purposes; (d) the extent of the modifications that will be needed to address those restrictions or likely restrictions;
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