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CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION (AMENDMENT) ACT 1991 (NO. 13 OF 1991) - SECT 8

Considerations relevant to the determination of compensation

8. Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended—

    (a)     by omitting from paragraph (2) (d) “Part XVA” and substituting “section 437”;

    (b)     by omitting from paragraph (2) (d) “to the Territory” and substituting “in the Territory”;

    (c)     by omitting paragraph (2) (e) and substituting the following paragraph:

    “(e)     any amount that the applicant has received or is entitled to receive—

              (i)     as a medicare benefit under the Health Insurance Act 1973 of the Commonwealth; or

              (ii)     under a contract of insurance;

whether by way of a reimbursement in whole or in part of any hospital or medical expenses incurred or otherwise, as a result of having sustained the relevant prescribed injury or prescribed property damage;”; and

        (d)     by omitting paragraph (2) (f).



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