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Schedules of amendments

Schedule 1

Lifetime Care and Support (Catastrophic injuries) Bill 2014

Amendments moved by Mr Brendan Smyth

1

Proposed new clause 16 (7A)

Page 11, line 20—

insert

(7A) Despite anything else in this section, an injured person, or someone else on the injured person’s behalf, may elect, by written notice to the LTCS commissioner, for the injured person not to participate in the LTCS scheme if it is reasonable in all the circumstances to do so.

Examples—someone else

1 the injured person’s parent

2 the injured person’s spouse

2

Clause 24

Page 17, line 1—

[oppose the clause]

3

Clause 25

Page 17, line 11—

omit clause 25, substitute

25  LTCS commissioner liable for legal costs for assessment 

The LTCS commissioner is liable for reasonable and necessary legal costs for legal services provided to a participant in the LTCS scheme in relation to an assessment of the participant’s treatment and care needs.

4

Clause 28 (1), note 3

Page 18, line 19—

omit

5

Clause 39 (3), proposed new note

Page 25, line 21—

insert

Note  A decision under s (3) is a reviewable decision.

6

Clause 40

Page 26, line 1—

[oppose the clause]

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