1 Name of Regulation
This Regulation is the Sporting Injuries Insurance Regulation 2004.
2 Commencement
This Regulation commences on 1 September 2004.Note—This Regulation replaces the Sporting Injuries Insurance Regulation 1999 which is repealed on 1 September 2004 by section 10 (2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1989.
3 Definitions and notes
(1) In this Regulation:the Act means the Sporting Injuries Insurance Act 1978.(2) Notes included in this Regulation do not form part of this Regulation.
4 Prescribed interest rate: section 11A
(1) The object of this clause is to fix the rate at which interest is payable to the Sporting Injuries Fund on money transferred from that Fund to the Supplementary Sporting Injuries Fund under section 11A of the Act.(2) The rate of interest prescribed for the purposes of section 11A (6) (b) of the Act is the rate for the time being prescribed under section 101 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 for payment of interest on a judgment debt.cl 4: Am 2008 No 62, Sch 2.51.
5 Funeral expenses: section 27
(1) The object of this clause is to fix the maximum amount payable under section 27 of the Act in relation to the funeral expenses of a person who dies as a consequence of a sporting injury.(2) The prescribed amount for the purposes of section 27 (3) of the Act is $4,560.(3) When subclause (2) is amended by altering the amount prescribed by that subclause, the amount applicable as the prescribed amount before the commencement of the amendment continues to apply to an application for payment of the funeral expenses of a person who died as a consequence of an injury suffered while participating in an authorised activity before the commencement of the amendment.
6 Prescribed percentage of loss: Table A
(1) The object of this clause is to fix the minimum percentage permanent loss that must be suffered by a person before the injury giving rise to that loss becomes compensable under the Act.(2) For the purposes of Table A in Schedule 1 to the Act:(a) 33 per cent is the prescribed percentage for paragraph (a) of Part 1 and paragraph (a) of Part 2, in the case of the permanent loss of the use of the whole, or of the greater part, of either arm or either leg, and(b) 11 per cent is the prescribed percentage for item 1 of Part 4, in the case of permanent loss of hearing in both ears, and(c) 50 per cent is the prescribed percentage in all other cases.
7 Saving
Any act, matter or thing that, immediately before the repeal of the Sporting Injuries Insurance Regulation 1999, had effect under that Regulation continues to have effect under this Regulation.