s. 93 (a) serious long-term impairment or loss of a body function; or (b) permanent serious disfigurement; or (c) severe long-term mental or severe behavioural disturbance or disorder; or (d) loss of a foetus. (17A) For the purposes of paragraph (c) of the definition S. 93(17A) inserted by of a person has a severe long-term serious injury, No. 71/2013 mental or severe long-term behavioural s. 27. disturbance or disorder if that person, for a continuous period of at least 3 years— (a) has a recognised mental illness or disorder (other than abnormal illness behaviour) as a result of a transport accident; and (b) displays symptoms and consequent disability that have not responded, or have substantially failed to respond, to known effective clinical treatments provided by a registered mental health professional who is registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law to practice (other than as a student); and (c) has severely impaired function with symptoms causing clinically significant distress and severe impairment in relationships and social and vocational functioning. (18) Nothing in subsection (1)— (a) affects a right to compensation under this Act or an Act or enactment referred to in section 37 or 38; or
(a) serious long-term impairment or loss of a body function; or (b) permanent serious disfigurement; or (c) severe long-term mental or severe behavioural disturbance or disorder; or (d) loss of a foetus. S. 93(17A) inserted by No. 71/2013 s. 27. (17A) For the purposes of paragraph (c) of the definition of serious injury, a person has a severe long-term mental or severe long-term behavioural disturbance or disorder if that person, for a continuous period of at least 3 years— s. 93 (a) has a recognised mental illness or disorder (other than abnormal illness behaviour) as a result of a transport accident; and (b) displays symptoms and consequent disability that have not responded, or have substantially failed to respond, to known effective clinical treatments provided by a registered mental health professional who is registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law to practice (other than as a student); and (c) has severely impaired function with symptoms causing clinically significant distress and severe impairment in relationships and social and vocational functioning. (18) Nothing in subsection (1)— (a) affects a right to compensation under this Act or an Act or enactment referred to in section 37 or 38; or
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