The index is by subject, arranged alphabetically, word by word, so that De facto relationship precedes Death.

The first column of references (Discussion) contains references to the Glossary, to the text of Chapters 1 to 18 (cited by paragraph number) and to the Appendices.

The second column of references (Rec.) is to the List of Recommendations, which are identified by number.

The Glossary and Chapters 1-14 are in Volume I of this Report. Chapters 15-18, the List of Recommendations and the Appendices are in Volume 2.

	Discussion	Recommendation
AWE. see Average weekly earnings
Accident Compensation Appeal Tribunal,	16.34, 16.57-16.86	228-242
appeal from,	16.87-16.89	243
appeal to,	16.57-16.59	228
constitution,	16.63-16.65	230-231
placement in court and tribunal system,	16.80-16.86	241-242
powers,	16.42, 16.75	236
decision-making,	16.60-16.62	229
procedures,	16.66-16.73	232-234
proceedings before,	16.74-16.86	235-242
Accident Compensation Corporation (proposed)
(see also Administration-, Decision-making)
administrative options,	15.27-15.38
co-ordination,	15.22
establishment,	15.38	193
files	16.47-16.48	221
functions,	15.14-15.29	192
(see also Assessment; Assistance to claimants; Policy formulation; Promotion; Research; Safety)
summary,	15.63
rehabilitation role,	9.25-9.34	55-58
Rehabilitation Section,	9.32-9.34	58
structure,	15.39-15.55	194-202
(see also Accountability; Decentralisation; Investment of funds; Management; Staff structure; Taxation)
Accident compensation neurosis,	3.71
Accident compensation systems see Compensation systems
Accident insurance (set off),	2.33, 14.84, 14.98, 14, 100, 14.103-14.104	186
Accident prevention see Safety
Accidents,
motor vehicle see Motor vehicle accidents
public transport see Public transport accidents
transport see Transport accidents
Accommodation,	10.31-10.53	89-97
Accountability (Accident Compensation Corporation),	15.40-15.41	194-195
summary,	15.65
Adelaide Traffic Accident Survey,	3.34, 8.41
Administration (Transport Accidents Scheme),	1.53, 15.1-15.61	191-204
(see also Accident Compensation Corporation; Assessment; Policy review)
functions,	15.14-15.26	192
options,	15.27-15.31
principles,	5.74-5.76,	191
(see also Decision-making; Independence)	15.6-15.13, 15.62
summary,	15.62-15.65
Administrative efficiency,	5.73-5.76
summary,	5.89
Administrative expenses (comparison of no-fault and dual schemes),	6.37-6.42
Administrative Review Council (views),
accessibility of appeal,	16.40
appeal structure,	16.31-16.33, 16.37
constitution of panels,	16.44
representation,	16.51
witnesses,	16.53
Advancement, potential for see Potential for advancement
Adversary system see Court system
Adverse decisions,	16.27	211
Advice to claimants,	16.14-16.15	206
Aetiology see Causation
Age limits (termination of benefits),	8.48-8.51	51
Age variations (permanent disability),	11.13, 11.49-11.50	110
Aggravation of injury see Post-accident aggravation of injury
Aids and appliances,	9.51-9.56, 14.20	65-69, 164
Alcohol and road accidents (statistics),	A.59-A.63
Allowance, mobility,	10.62-10.64	100
Amenities, loss of see Loss of amenities and enjoyment of life
American Medical Association,
Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment,	11.9-11.15, 11.39, 11.61	103
Amputation tables see Table of maims
Ancillary services (medical),	13.23-13.25
compensable accident victims,	13.50
proposals,	13.69-13.70	157
Anti-discrimination legislation,	9.24
Appeal system
(see also Accident Compensation Appeal Tribunal; Compensation Review Panels; Independent Judicial Review; Review)
further appeal,	16.87-16.88	243
structure,	16.30-16.38	214
summary	16.3, 16.94-16.98
Appliances,	9.51-9.56, 14.20	65-69, 164
Arnold Report (Victoria),	4.26
Artificial members and aids,	9.51-9.56, 14.20	65-69, 164
Assessing officers,	16.16-16.19	207
Assessment,
Accident Compensation Corporation,	15.20-15.21, 16.1-16.29	205-213
compensation see Compensation assessment
earnings see Earnings assessment
individual see Individual assessment
interim see Interim assessment
non-economic loss see Non-economic loss difficulties in assessing
once-and-for-all see Once-and-for-all assessment
Assignability of benefits,	8.38	45
(see also Compensation rights-forfeiture and assignment)
Assistance to claimants,	15.15-15.17, 16.14-16.15	206
Attendant care services,	10.11-10.30	84-86
assessment of need,	10.15-10.18	85
definition,	10.14	84
provision of,	10.19-10.22	86
Australian citizens,	14.51	169
Australian (National) scheme see National Rehabilitation and Compensation Scheme
Average weekly earnings (AWE),
definition	Glossary
statistics,	A.30-A.31

 

Benefits,
as result of injury,	2.33
(see also Accident insurance; Domiciliary nursing care benefits; Ex gratia payments; Pensions; Sickness benefits; Sick pay; Unemployment benefits)
Bicycles,	14.10-14.11
Boats, power	14.9
Bodily injury see Death or bodily injury
Bradley Report (NT),	4.44
Breach of statutory duty, action for,	2.16, 3.27
Business loans,	9.70-9.73	77-78

 

Case studies,	1.8-1.12
(see also Lump Sum Survey, Traffic Accident Study)	14.27-14.39,	165-166
Causation,	18.3-18.5
Ceiling (compensation),	8.25-8.34	41-43
Charities (rehabilitation),	9.7
Child-care responsibilities,	12.44-12.49	129-132
summary,	12.76
Children,
death benefits,	12.24-12.27	117-119
death of surviving,	12.66	146
deaths of both parents,	12.61
definition,	12.24-12.25	117-118
lump sum awards,	12.30-12.35	122-123
periodic payments,	12.37-12.41	125-128
limits on,	12.62-12.66	142-145
summary,	12.78
Claimants,
advice to see Advice to claimants
assistance to, see Assistance to claimants
Claims,
(see also Assessment)
process,	16.4-16.8
time limit,	16.28	212
Claims manual,	16.23-16.24	209
Collateral benefits,
(see also Accident insurance; Ex gratia payments; sick pay, Social security system; Superannuation)
definition,	14.98
existing system,	14.99-14.101
proposals,	14.102-14.105	185-186
Commencement and termination of benefits,	8.39-8.51	46-51
(see also Commencement of benefits; Termination of benefits; Waiting periods)
summary,	8.63
Commencement of benefits,	8.39-8.40	46-49
Committee of Inquiry into a National Rehabilitation and Compensation Scheme see National Rehabilitation and Compensation Scheme (Australia)
Common law,
definition,	Glossary
Transport Accident Scheme and,	14.57-14.67, 14.81-14.83, 14.99	172, 176
summary,	14.128
Common law modification schemes,	4.3-4.24
(see also Interim assessment; Limits on awards; Periodic payments; Procedural changes)
research program,	1.14
Common law negligence action,	2.25-2.26
(see also Court system; Damages; Fault principle; Once-and-for-all assessment)
critique of,	3.1-3.104
arguments against,	3.16-3.100
arguments in support,	3.4-3.15
summary,	3.102-3.104
definition,	Glossary
history,	2.2-2.12
summary,	2.36
Common law schemes,
(see also Common law modification schemes; Current arrangements; Dual schemes)
death benefits,	12.2-12.4
history,	2.2-2.8
need for reform,	6.1-6.3
Commonwealth,
(see also Administrative Review Council; National Rehabilitation and Compensation Scheme)
attendant care,	10.13
mobility allowance,	10.63
rehabilitation,	9.8-9.10, 9.60, 9.66
social security appeals,	16.33
Commonwealth employees,	17.52-17.53
Commonwealth funding,	17.51-17.57	251
health care,	13.61, 13.68	156
home nursing,	13.32-13.34, 13.36
hospitals,	13.20-13.22
private,	13.17-13.19
proposals,	13.65-13.66
nursing homes,	13.30-13.31
summary,	17.65
Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service,	2.63, 5.64, 9.9-9.10, 9.60, 10.42.10.58
Commonwealth vehicles,	14.15, 17.27, 17.52-17.53	160
Community attitudes,
to current arrangements,	1.36-1.37
to fault principle,	3.5, 3.28
Community statistics,	A.2-A.8
Comparative studies see Interstate and overseas schemes
Compensable,
definition,	Glossary
Compensable accident victims (health care),	13.2, 13.10, 13.40-13.53
Compensation,
criminal injuries see Criminal injuries compensation
double see Double compensation
form of see Form of compensation
full see Full compensation
Compensation assessment,	5.22-5.62
approach of Report,	5.52-5.62
models,	5.22-5.23
(see also Disability model; Restitution model; Welfare model)
summary,	5.85-5.87
Compensation Review Panels,	16.34, 16.39-16.56	214-227
appeal from,	16.57-16.59	228
appeal to,	16.39-16.41	214-216
constitution,	16.43-16.44	218-219
powers,	16.49	223
decision-making,	16.42	217
procedures,	16.45-16.48	220-227
(see also Costs; Reasons for decision; Representation; Witnesses)
Compensation rights (other),
(see also Defective products; Double compensation; Occupier’s liability; Workers’ compensation)
abolition,	14.45-14.67	172
election,	14.76, 14.85-14.91	177-178
forfeiture and assignment,	14.95-14.97	182-184
summary,	14.130-14.131
Compensation systems,
comparisons,	1.50
current see Current arrangements
general principles,	1.49
history see Historical background
proposed see Transport Accidents Scheme
statutory see Statutory compensation schemes
Comprehensive entitlement,	5.18-5.21
summary,	5.83
Comprehensive no-fault schemes see No-fault schemes, comprehensive
Compulsory insurance,
(see also Nominal defendant)
historical background,	2.19-2.23
Conferences, preliminary (Accident Compensation Appeal Tribunal),	16.73
Consortium,	2.35
Consultations see Public consultations
Consultative committees,	1.31
Contingencies see Reduction for vicissitudes
Contract,	Glossary
Contributory negligence,	2.8, 2.27, 3.8, 3.22-3.24
(see also Under-compensation)
Convalescent care,	13.26-13.31
(see also Nursing homes)
Conybeare Report,	3.77, 9.13, 9.42
Coppel Royal Commission (Victoria),	4.11, 4.26
Corporation (proposed) see Accident Compensation Corporation
Corrective justice,	3.5-3.6
Cost estimates,	17.6-17.22
alternatives and comparisons,	17.12-17.25
(see also Current arrangements; Dual schemes; Funded scheme; Interstate costs and funding; Pay-as-you-go scheme)
data and assumptions,	17.6-17.11
summary,	17.61-17.62
Costs,
(see also Financial aspects)
Accident Compensation Appeal Tribunal,	16.78	239
comparison of no-fault and dual schemes,	6.37-6.42
Compensation Review Panels,	16.54-16.55	225-226
hospital see Hospital costs
influence on policy making,	5.16-5.17
medical see Medical costs
Costs (negligence action),
incidental (to community),	3.99-3.100
judicial resources,	3.84-3.88
legal and administrative,	3.89-3.94
third party insurance, 1.40-1.41, 3.96-3.98
Course of employment accidents,
funding source,	17.48-17.49
workers’ compensation,	14.58, 14.74-14.76
cost of claims,	14.77-14.78
Court system,
(see also Delays; Evidentiary problems; Judicial independence; Procedural changes)
Accident Compensation Appeal Tribunal and,	16.80-16.89	241-243
argument in favour of negligence action,	3.14-3.15
burden on,	3.84-3.88
rehabilitation and,	3.71-3.77
Crimes of violence,	14.109, 14.117	188
Criminal injuries compensation,	2.47-2.49
Current arrangements (NSW),
(see also Common law negligence action; Limited statutory schemes; Social security system; Workers’ compensation)
community concern,	1.36-1.37
cost estimates,	17.16-17.18
cost pressures,	1.40-1.41
description,	2.24-2.64
summary,	2.65-2.66
failure to compensate motor vehicle accident victims,	1.35
influence on policy making,	5.15
rationalisation,	5.84
structure of the Report,	1.48

 

Damages,	2.29-2.33
(see also Discount rate; Economic loss; Limits on awards; Lump sum awards; Non-economic loss; Once-and-for-all assessment; Reduction for vicissitudes)
current escalation of awards,	1.40
definition,	Glossary
De facto relationships,	12.21-12.22	116
Death benefits,	12.1-12.73	114-152
administration,	12.72-12.73	151-152
eligibility,	12.17-12.28	115-120
establishing,	12.73	152
summary,	12.29
form,	12.9-12.16
limits,	12.58-12.68	140-148
lump sum payment,	12.30-12.36	121-124
need for,	12.1	114
other compensation systems,	12.2-12.8
summary,	15.74-12.80
Death claims, wrongful,	2.34
Death or bodily injury,
(see also Artificial members and aids; Death benefits; Nervous shock; Post-accident aggravation of injury; Pre-accident conditions; Pre-natal injury)
problems of causation,	14.21-14.39	165-166
summary,	14.126
scope of Scheme,	14.16-14.20	161-164
statistics,	A.48-A.58
Deaths,
in rapid succession,	12.60	141
of both parents,	12.61
statistics,	A.48-A.51
surviving spouse or child,	12.66	146
time between accidents and,	12.58-12.59	140
Deceased victims (permanent disability compensation),	11.51-11.52
Decentralisation,
Accident Compensation Corporation,	15.49-15.51	200-201
accident statistics,	A.57-A.58
Decision-making,	16.1-16.98	205-243
(see also Adverse decisions; Appeal system; Assessment; Claims; Defamation; Dispute resolution; Secrecy; Time limits)
Accident Compensation Appeal Tribunal,
powers,	16.60-16.62	229
Accident Compensation Corporation,	16.4-16.29	205-213
powers,	16.13	205
Compensation Review Panels,
powers,	16.42	217
procedures,	16.45-16.48
high quality (administrative principle),	5.75, 15.11, 15.13	191
negligence action,	3.14-3.15
(see also Court system)
summary,	16.91-16.93
Defamation,	16.29	213
Defective products,	14.59-14.64, 14.85
Definitions,	Glossary
Delays,
avoidance by periodic payments,	8.2
comparison of no-fault and dual schemes,	6.32
court system,	3.74, 3.78-3.83
Delays Committee (Victoria),	4.26, 4.43
Dependants,
(see also Family members)
death benefits,	12.17-12.19	115
definition,	12.18-12.19	115
lump sum payment,	12.35-12.36	123-124
Deterrence,
argument against fault principle,	3.37-3.39
argument in support of fault principle,	3.7-3.10
Disability,
definition,	Glossary
existing see Existing disability or disability or incapacity
latent see Latent disability or incapacity
minimum level see Minimum level of disability
permanent see Permanent disability
total see Total disability
Disability model (compensation assessment),	5.23, 5.31-5.37
advantages,	5.34-5.35
approach of the Report,	5.60-5.61
characteristics,	5.31-5.33
disadvantages,	5.36-5.37
Discount rate,	2.32, 4.17
Discussions see Public consultations
Disfigurement,	3.68
Dispute resolution,	5.77-5.81
summary,	5.90
Distribution of losses
(historical background),	2.17-2.23
Doctors see Medical practitioners
Domiciliary nursing care benefits,	13.36
Double compensation (avoidance),
(see also Collateral benefits; Compensation rights; Set-offs)
common law modification,	4.24
invalid pensions,	2.57
periodic payments,	8.2
sickness benefits,	2.33, 2.57, 2.59-2.60
Transport Accidents Scheme,	14.84-14.105	177-186
Drivers,
indemnification,	14.68	173
levy on licences,	17.32-17.33	247
risk ratings,	17.45-17.46	250
Driving offences,	14.108-14.110, 14.118-14.122	189
(see also Fines)
Dual schemes (No-fault supplementing common law),	4.25-4.41
(see also under Tasmania; Victoria)
comparison with no-fault schemes,	6.12-6.46
summary,	6.47-6.48
cost estimates,	17.3, 17.19
proposals for,	6.4-6.11

 

Earners,
(see also Employees; Long-term incapacity; Self-employed people)
compensation for loss of earning capacity,	7.1-7.51	1-18
definition,	7.5-7.15, 7.80	3-5
high see High earners
measurement of loss,	7.3-7.4	2
not in workforce,	8.45-8.46	48-49
summary,	7.99
Earning capacity see Earners;
Loss of earning capacity; Post-accident earning capacity; Spouse of earner)
Earnings,
(see also Income; Superannuation; Superannuation, Taxation)
assessment,
employees,	7.23-7.32	7-9
(see also Normal weekly earnings; Post-accident employment)
both employed and self-employed,	7.49	17
definition,
employees,	7.17-7.22	6
self-employed,	7.40	11
gross see Gross earnings
statistics,	A.30-A.40
Earnings approach (compensating the self-employed),	7.37-7.43	11-13
Economic loss,
damages,	2.30
definition,	Glossary
estimating (once-and-for-all assessment),	3.43-3.49
Election (compensation rights),	14.76, 14.85-14.91	177-178
Eligibility see Assessment
Emergency family support,	10.27-10.30	87-88
Employees,
assessment of earning capacity,	7.16-7.32	6-9
weekly earnings,	A.33-A.34
Employment, post-accident,	7.12, 7.26, 8.46	4, 8, 49
Employment accidents see Course of employment accidents
Enjoyment of life,	2.30, 3.68-3.69, 11.25-11.29
Entitlement (administrative principle),	5.75, 15.7-15.8, 15.13	191
Equivalent employee approach (to compensating the self-employed),	7.37-7.38, 7.48	16
Established system see Current arrangements
Etiology see Causation
Evidence, rules of see Rules of evidence
Evidentiary problems (fault principle),	3.29-3.33
Ex gratia payments,	2.33, 14.98-14.100, 14.103-104	186
Ex Gratia Scheme,	2.49
Exclusions,	14.106
(see also Self-inflicted injury)
current schemes,	14.107-14.110
matters of principle,	14.111-14.115
proposals,	14.116-14.123	187-190
summary,	14.132
Existing arrangements see Current arrangements
Existing disability or incapacity,	14.28-14.30	165
Expectation of life, loss of,	11.30
Expenses see Costs
Extended family see Family members

 

Family members,
(see also Children, Household services; Replacement household services; Spouse)
attendant care,	10.23-10.26
death benefits,	12.20-12.28	116-120
definition,	12.28	120
emergency support,	10.27-10.30	87-88
labour force statistics,	A.41-A.45
lump sum payments,	12.30-12.32, 12.35-12.36	123-124
Fault (definition),	Glossary
Fault principle,
(see also Under-compensation)
abolition of,	6.12-6.13
arguments against,	3.17-3.39
arguments in support,	3.5-3.10
community attitudes,	3.5, 3.28
decline of significance,	3.34-3.36
evidentiary problems,	3.29-3.33
exclusions and,	14.111
Files (Compensation Review Panels),	16.47-16.48	221
Financial aspects,	17.1-17.60	244-252
(see also Revenue sources)
summary,	17.61-17.65
Financial counselling,	9.70-9.72	77
Fines (motoring offences), First five days,	8.41-8.44	47
Fixed pension system,	8.54
Flexibility (administrative principle),	5.75, 15.10, 15.13	191
Floor (long term incapacity),	7.50-7.51	18
Forfeiture of rights,	14.95-14.97	182-184
Form and payment of compensation,
(see also Lump sum awards; Periodic payments)
comparison of no-fault and dual schemes,	6.25-6.28
death benefits,	12.9-12.16
policy questions,	5.63-5.72
summary,	5.88
proposals,	8.2-8.38	35-45
summary,	8.61-8.62
Forms of transport,	14.3-14.13	159
(see also Commonwealth vehicles; Motor sports; Motor vehicles; Public transport)
Fraud,	15.21
Fuel tax,	17.36
Full compensation,	2.31,	6.14
(see also Contributory negligence; Individual assessment; Proportion of loss compensated)
argument in favour of negligent action,	3.13
denials of,	3.22-3.24, 3.61
dual model,	6.18-6.21
no-fault scheme,	6.15-6.17
Full-time work statistics,	A.20-A.22
Fully funded scheme see Funded scheme
Funded scheme,
cf. pay-as-you-go scheme,	17.23-17.25
cost estimates,	17.15
definition,	Glossary
Funding see Revenue sources
Funds, medical see Medical and hospital funds
Funeral expenses,	12.69	149
summary,	12.80

 

Gair Report (New Zealand),	4.51, 8.35
General deterrence,	3.10
Geographical scope,	14.40-14.49	167
double compensation,	14.85
drawbacks,	18.5
limits,	14.44-14.48	167
other schemes,	14.41
summary,	14.127
Grief and suffering,	12.70-12.71	150
Gross earnings,	8.13-8.17	38
(see also Taxation)
Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment	11.9-11.15, 11.39, 11.61	103

 

Handicapped (definition),	Glossary
Handicapped Persons Survey, 1981,	3.59, 10.11, 10.55, 10.57
Health care system,	13.1-13.72	153-158
compensable accident victims,	13.40-13.53
costs,	13.8-13.10, 13.68	156
research programs,	1.15
summary,	13.73-13.76
Health professionals (training),	9.42-9.48	62-63
Hearings, open see Open hearings
High earners,	8.32-8.34	43
Historical background,	2.2-2.23
summary,	2.65
Holiday pay,	14.98-14.102	185
Home modifications,	10.41-10.49	91-94
Home nursing care,	13.32-13.36
benefits,	13.36
compensable accident victims,	13.50
non-profit,	13.32-13.34
private,	13.35
proposals,	13.69-13.70	157
Home ownership,	10.37-10.40	89-90
Hospital costs,	13.15-13.22
Commonwealth/State arrangements,	13.20-13.22
compensable accident victims,	13.44-13.49
proposals,	13.62-13.68	156
Hospital funds see Medical and hospital funds
Hospital system (State),
funding,	17.57	251
liaison staff,	15.16
rehabilitation,	9.11, 9.26, 9.3 3-9.34, 9.37, 9.39, 9.49-9.50
Hospitals see Medical, hospital and related services
private see Private hospitals
public see Public hospitals
Household services,	10.2-10.10	80-83
(see also Family members; Replacement household services)
limits,	10.10,
provision,	10.7-10.9	83
scope,	10.3-10.6	80-82

 

Impairment,
definition,	Glossary
earning capacity see Loss of earning capacity
permanent see Permanent disability
Imprisonment,	14.123	190
Incapacity,
(see also Loss of earning capacity)
definition,	Glossary
existing see Existing disability or incapacity
latent see Latent disability or incapacity
long-term see Long-term incapacity
permanent see Permanent disability
short-term see Short-term incapacity
Income,
(see also Earnings)
definition (self-employed),	7.40	11
labour force statistics,	A.30-A.40
Income tax see Taxation
Indemnification of owner/driver,	14.68	173
Independence (administrative principle),	5.75-5.76, 15.9, 15.13, 15.41	191
Independent judicial review,	6.29-6.31, 16.89
(see also judicial independence)
Independent living see Support services and independent living
Indexation of compensation,	8.35-8.37	44
Individual assessment,
(see also Full compensation)
argument in favour of negligence action,	3.13
comparison of no-fault and dual schemes	6.22-6.24
Informality,
Accident Compensation Appeal Tribunal,	16.66-16.69	232
Compensation Review Panels,	16.45-16.46	220
Injury see Death or bodily injury
Institutional accommodation,	10.50-10.53	95-97
Institutional care,	13.37-13.39
compensable accident victims,	13.51-13.53
proposals,	13.71-13.72	158
Insurance,
accident see Accident insurance
compulsory see Compulsory insurance
third party see Third party insurance
top-up see Top-up insurance
Insurance bodies and the administration of the Scheme,	15.27, 15.29-15.31, 15.33-15.36, 15.45, 15.49, 15.51-15.52, 15.54
“Insurance mentality”,	3.14, 3.95
Interim assessment,	4.4-4.14
Accident Compensation Corporation,	16.25-16.26	210
New South Wales,	4.10
South Australia,	4.7
Tasmania,	4.12
United Kingdom,	4.8-4.9
Victoria,	4.11
Western Australia,	4.5-4.6
Interim payment of death benefits,	12.72	151
Interstate and overseas schemes,
(see also New Zealand scheme; Northern Territory scheme; South Australia; Tasmania; United Kingdom; United States; Victoria; Western Australia)
consultations,	1.28-1.30, 6.7
rehabilitation,	9.17-9.23
research program,	1.13
Interstate costs and funding,	17.20-17.21, 17.50
Invalid pensions,	2.54-2.57
Investment of funds (Accident Compensation Corporation),	15.52-15.54
Investment of lump sum awards,	2.57, 3.50, 3.58, 3.63-3.67, 8.2
Issues Paper,	1.4, 1.36, 3.3-3.4, 3.89

 

Journey accidents,
funding source,	17.48-17.49
workers’ compensation,	14.58, 14.70-14.73
cost of claims	14.77-14.78
Judicial independence,	3.14, 3.95
(see also Court System; Independent judicial review)

 

Labour force statistics,	A.9-A.45
Latent disability or incapacity,	14.31-14.32, 14.123	165
Law Society of New South Wales,
arbitration system,	3.83, 4.22
discussions with,	1.18, 3.94
dispute resolution,	5.78-5.80
individual assessment,	5.78-5.80
legal costs,	3.94, 4.22
lump sum awards,	6.26, 9.70
medical expenses,	13.57
periodic payments,	6.26
post-accident earning capacity,	7.57
restitution principle,	5.44
submission,	4.25, 5.78-5.80, 7.57
support for dual scheme,	4.25, 5.78-5.80, 6.4-6.7, 6.9, 6.26
Legal advice,	16.15	206
(see also Representation)
Legal and administrative costs (negligence action),	3.89-3.94
Levy on drivers’ licences,	17.32-17.33	247
Liability,	2.25-2.28
strict see Strict liability
Licences, drivers’, levy on,	17.32-17.33	247
Limited statutory schemes,
current,	46-2.52
drawbacks,	18.3-18.5
Limits,
awards,	4.16-4.20
compensation (ceiling),	8.25-8.34	41-43
death benefits,	12.58-12.68	140-148
time see Time limits
Litigation see Court system
Loans,
business,	9.70-9.73	77-78
home ownership,	10.37-10.40	89-90
Long-term incapacity,
definition,	7.51, 7.86	18, 30
earners (the floor),	7.50-7.51	18
non-earners,	7.81-7.86	30
Loss,
economic see Economic loss
non-economic see Non-economic loss
Loss of amenities and enjoyment of life,	2.30, 3.68-3.69, 11.25-11.29
Loss of consortium,	2.35
Loss of earning capacity,
(see also Commencement and termination of benefits; Earners; Form and payment of compensation Non-earners; Permanent disability)
compensation for,	7.1-7.99, 8.1-8.60	1-54
summary,	7.99, 8.61-8.64
Loss of economic capacity,	7.82-7.86
Loss of enjoyment of life,	2.30, 3.68-3.69, 11.25-11.29
Loss of expectation of life,	11.30
Losses,
distribution (historical background),	2.17-2.23
policy questions,	5.2-5.3
Lost opportunity,	7.86
Lump sum awards,	2.29
(see also Limits on awards; Once-and-for-all assessment; Permanent disability; Redemptions)
arguments in support of,	3.11-3.12
death benefits,	12.30-12.36	121-124
summary,	12.75
inadequacy of,	3.50-3.58, 6.26
investment,	2.57, 3.50, 3.58, 3.63-3.67, 8.2
policy questions,	5.69-5.72
use of by plaintiff,	3.62-3.67
Lump Sum Survey,	1.9
adequacy of awards and settlements,	3.51-3.55, 8.8
reliance on social security,	3.60, 8.8
use of award by plaintiff,	3.62, 3.65-3.66, 8.2

 

McLachlan Committee Report (New Zealand),	4.51
Maims, table of see Table of mains
Management (Accident Compensation Corporation),	15.42-15.44	196-197
summary,	15.64
Material dependence see Dependants
Mechanical aids (rehabilitation),	9.51-9.56, 14.20	65-69, 164
Medical and functional rehabilitation,
aim,	9.35-9.40	59-61
problems,	9.41-9.50	62-63
Medical and hospital funds,
proposals,	13.57-13.68	154-156
costs,	13.62-13.68	156
services,	13.57-13.61	154-155
Medical assessment,	16.5, 16.20-16.22	208
Medical costs,
compensable accident victims,	13.41-13.43
health care system,	13.11-13.14
proposals,	13.62-13.68	156
Medical equipment and mechanical aids,	9.51-9.56, 14.20	65-69, 164
Medical, hospital and related services,	13.1-13.53	153
(see also Health care system)
proposals,	13.54-13.72	154-158
summary,	13.73-13.76
Medical practitioners (rehabilitation speciality),
shortage,	9.44-9.48	63
training,	9.42-9.47	62
Medical training,	9.42-9.48	62-63
Medicare,
administration,	13.56
costs,	13.9, 13.62-13.63
ancillary and home nursing,	13.23, 13.33, 13.69-13.70
hospital,	13.15-13.19, 13.21-13.22, 13.44-13.45
medical,	13.11-13.14, 13.41, 13.43
summary,	13.73-13.75
Meetings and seminars,	1.23-1.27, App. E
Minimum level of disability,	11.45-11.47	108
Minogue Report (Victoria),
description,	4.35-4.37
legal costs,	3.90
rehabilitation,	3.77, 9.17, 9.47
self-employed people,	7.36
Mobility,	10.54-10.64	98-100
definition,	10.55
Mobility allowance,	10.62-10.64	100
Modification,
home see Home modifications
vehicle see Motor vehicles modification
workplace see Workplace, alterations to
Modification of common law
schemes see Common law modification schemes
Money (as compensation),	5.64-5.68
(see also Lump sum awards; Periodic payments)
Motor fuel tax,	17.36
Motor sports,	14.12-14.13, 14.108-14.110	159
Motor vehicle accident victims,
failure to compensate,	1.35
statistics,	A.48-A.58
Motor vehicle accidents (scope of the Report),	1.33-1.44
Motor vehicle owners,
contributions from,	17.27-17.30	245
indemnification,	14.68	173
Motor vehicle third party insurance see Third party insurance
Motor vehicles,	14.3-14.5
definition,	14.14	159
modification,	10.57-10.61	98-99
risk classifications,	17.41-17.44	249
Motoring offences see Driving offences

 

National Rehabilitation and Compensation Scheme (proposed),	4.54-4.58
administration,	15.28
compensation models,	5.33, 5.35, 5.42-5.43
comprehensive entitlement,	5.18-5.19, 18.5
death benefits,	12.20
earnings,	7.20
financial aspects,	17.25
legal and administrative costs,	3.89-3.90
minimum level of disability,	11.46
philosophy,	4.48
proportion of loss compensated,	8.19
prospects for,	18.1-18.13
redemptions,	8.5
rehabilitation,	9.15-9.16, 9.48-9-49, 9.77
short-term injuries,	8.42
State relations,	4.61, 4.65, 5.14, 18.6
Negligence,
contributory see Contributory negligence
definition,	Glossary, 2.25-2.26
Negligence action see Common law negligence action
Nervous shock,	14.18-14.19	163
New Zealand scheme,	1.13, 4.48-4.55
(see also Gair Report; McLachlan Committee Report; Quigley Report; Woodhouse Report)
administration,	15.3, 15.7, 15.31, 15.41-15.42, 15.49
administrative costs,	6.39
appeal system,	16.35-16.36, 16.57-16.58
attendant care,	10.13
bodily injury,	14.20
claims manual,	16.23
death benefits,	12.6
earners,	7.7
emergency family support,	10.27
exclusions,	14.107, 14.113-14.114
failure to index benefits,	8.35
financial aspects,	17.7-17.10, 17.17
home modifications,	10.43, 10.47
medical costs,	13.5-13.6
mobility,	10.59
pain and suffering,	11.24
permanent disability,	11.36-11.40, 11.45-11.46
assessment,	8.55-8.56, 8.60
post-accident earning capacity,	7.57, 7.61
pre-accident conditions,	14.27
proportion of loss compensated,	8.19
redemptions,	8.5
rehabilitation,	9.19-9.21, 9.47, 9.58
self-employed people,	7.36
waiting period,	8.44
No-fault compensation,
definition,	Glossary, 1.1
United States experience,	6.46
No-fault schemes,	1.38-1.39
comparison with dual schemes,	6.12-6.46
summary,	6.47-6.48
comprehensive,	4.48-4.58
(see also National Rehabilitation and Compensation Scheme; New Zealand scheme)
prospects for,	18.1-18.13
death benefits,	12.6-12.8
history,	2.13-2.15
medical services,	13.5-13.7
replacing common law,	4.42-4.47
(see also Northern Territory scheme)
research program,	1.13
supplementing common law see Dual schemes
Nominal defendant,	2.20, 3.32
Non-earners (compensation),	7.1, 7.81-7.86	29-34
(see also Notional earning capacity)
assessment,	7.87-7.94	31-34
definition,	7.80	29
short-term incapacity,	7.95-7.98	34
summary,	7.99
Non-economic loss,
(see also Loss of amenities and enjoyment of life; Pain and suffering; Permanent disability)
damages,	2.30
definition,	Glossary
difficulties in assessing,	3.68-3.70
Non-residents see Residents and non-residents
Non-wage benefits (statistics),	A-40
Normal weekly earnings,
(see also Post-accident employment)
adjustment to,	7.27-7.32	9
calculation,
employees,	7.23-7.25	7-8
self-employed,	7.41-7.43	12-13
Northern Territory scheme,	1.13, 1.38-1.39
administration,	15.29
death benefits,	12.6, 12.59
description,	4.44-4.47
exclusions,	14.12, 14.110, 14, 114
geographical scope,	14.41
health care,	13.57
redemptions,	8.12
unconscious victims,	11.55
waiting period,	8.42
Notice of assessment (post-accident earning capacity),	7.63	22
Notification of adverse decisions,	16.27	211
Notional earning capacity,	7.51, 7.87-7.90	31
Nursing homes,
compensable accident victims,	13.51-13.53
convalescent care,	13.27-13.31
proposals,	13.71-13.72	158

 

Occupiers’ liability,	14.65-14.66
Ombudsman,	16.90
Once-and-for-all assessment,	2.29
(see also Lump sum awards)
criticisms of,	3.40-3.42, 3.73
economic loss,	3.43-3.49
permanent disability,	11.31
reliance on social security system,	3.59-3.60
Open hearings,
Accident Compensation Appeal Tribunal,	16.74	222
Compensation Review Panels,	16.48	225
Over-compensation,	3.44, 8.2
Overseas residents see Residents and non-residents-overseas
Overseas schemes see Interstate and overseas schemes
Owners see Motor vehicle owners

 

Pain, assessment of,	11.12
Pain and suffering,	2.30, 3.68, 11.40
Panels see Compensation Review Panels
Parties (Compensation Review Panels),	16.41	216
Part-time work (statistics),	A.20-A.22
Pay-as-you-go scheme,
cf. funded scheme,	17.23-17.25
cost estimates,	17.12-17.14
definition,	Glossary
Payment of compensation see Form and payment of compensation
Pearson Royal Commission (UK),
appointment and terms of reference,	4.1, 4.49
compensation for personal injury (definition),	5.2
limits on awards,	4.18-4.20
loss of expectation of life,	11.30
non-economic losses,	11.33
proposals,	4.8-4.9, 4.25
Pecuniary loss see Economic loss
Pensions,	2.33, 14.103-14.104	186
(see also Age limits; Fixed pension system Invalid pensions)
Periodic payments,
(see also Structured settlements)
advantages,	8.2
children (surviving),	12.37-12.41	125-128
current arrangements,	4.4-4.14
New South Wales,	4.10
South Australia,	4.7
Tasmania,	4.12
United Kingdom,	4.8-4.9
Victoria,	4.11
Western Australia,	4.5-4.6
death benefits (summary),	12.76-12.78
limits (surviving spouse and children),	12.62-12.68	142-145
policy questions,	5.69-5.72
proposed,	6.25, 8.2-8.3	35
spouse (surviving),	12.42-12.53	129-135
Permanent disability,	5.37, 11.1-11.58	101-113
(see also Loss of amenities and enjoyment of life; Pain and suffering)
assessment (permanent incapacity),	8.52-8.60	52-54
summary,	8.64
common law approach,	11.20-11.34, 11.43
definition,	11.8-11.10	103
duty to mitigate,	11.57	113
New Zealand system,	11.1, 11.36-11.40, 11.45-11.46
proposals,	11.41-11.58	101-113
amount of compensation,	11.43-11.44	107
assessment,	11.58
form of compensation,	11.41-11.42
scope,	11.11-11.18	104-106
summary,	11.59-11.62
workers’ compensation,	11.35, 11.38, 11.4
Pharmaceutical supplies,	9.52	65
Placement programs,	9.65-9.67	74-75
Policy formation (Accident Compensation Corporation),	15.18-15.19, 15.26	192
Policy making, influences on,	5.13-5.17
Policy questions see Transport Accidents Scheme-objectives
Policy review (Transport Accidents Scheme),	15.19, 15.41-15.42, 15.56-15.61, 16.24, 16.90	203-204
Post-accident aggravation of injury,	14.34-14.39	166
consequences of transport accident,	14.35-14.36
independent events,	14.37-14.39
Post-accident earning capacity,
assessment (earners),	7.52-7.63	19-21
notice of,	7.63	22
non-earners,	7.94	33
Post-accident employment,	7.12, 7.26, 8.46	4, 8, 49
Potential for advancement,	7.51, 7.64-7.79	23-28
assessment,	7.74-7.79	26-28
eligibility to claim,	7.64-7.73	23-25
non-earners,	7.91-7.93	32
Power vessels,	14.9
Pre-accident conditions,	14.27-14.33	165
(see also Latent disability or incapacity)
Preliminary conferences (Accident Compensation Appeal Tribunal),	16.73
Pre-natal injury,	14.17	162
Private hospitals,
costs,	13.17-13.19
Procedural changes,	4.21-4.23
Promotion (Accident Compensation Corporation),	15.15-15.17, 15.26	192
Proportion of loss compensated,	8.18-8.24	39-40
Proposals see Transport Accidents Scheme (proposed)
Public consultations,	1.18-1.32, App. D
(see also Interstate and overseas schemes- consultations; Meetings and seminars; Submissions)
Public hearings see Open hearings
Public hospitals,
costs,	13.16
Public transport,	14.6-14.7	159
(see also Mobility)
definition,	14.6
Public transport accidents (scope of the Report),	1.45-1.46
Public transport authorities,
contributions from,	17.31	246
risk factors, safety and funding,	17.47
Publications,	1.3-1.6
(see also Issues Paper, Working Paper)
Publicity (Accident Compensation Corporation),	15.15-15.17, 15.26	192

 

Queensland,
Medical Boards,	16.20-16.21, 16.30
Quigley Report (New Zealand),	4.52-4.53
minimum level of disability,	11.46

 

Races, motor,	14.12-14.13, 14.108-14.110	159
Reasons for decision,
Accident Compensation Appeal Tribunal,	16.79	240
Compensation Review Panels,	16.56	227
Redemptions,	8.4-8.12, 14.89	36-37, 177
Reduction for vicissitudes,	2.31, 7.64
(see also Full compensation)
Reference, terms of,	1.1-1.2, 1.33
Reform,
need for,	3.101
proposals in New South Wales,	4.59-4.71
range of proposals,	4.1-4.2
(see also Common law modification schemes; Dual schemes; No-fault schemes)
summary,	4.72-4.74
Registration see Motor vehicle owners
Rehabilitation,
(see also Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service; Health care and rehabilitation; Workforce rehabilitation)
comparison of no-fault and dual schemes,	6.33-6.36
consultations,	1.32
definition,	9.2
effects of common law on,	3.71-3.77
historical development,	9.6-9.24
policy questions,	1.49, 5.7-5.12
proposals,	9.1, 9.25-9.76	55-79
summary,	9.77-9.79
right to,	9.25	55
Rehabilitation Section (proposed),	9.32-9.34	58
Rehabilitation services,
(see also Medical equipment and mechanical aids)
centralisation,	9.49-9.50	64
provision,	9.26-9.31	56-57
Relatives, compensation to,	14, 100
(see also Family members)
Remarriage of surviving spouse,	12.67-12.68	147-148
Replacement household services,	12.54-12.57	136-139
summary,	12.79
Replacement services approach (to compensating the self-employed),	7.37-7.38, 7.43-7.47	14-15
Report structure,	1.47-1.55
Representation,
(also see Costs)
Accident Compensation Appeal Tribunal,	16.76	237
Accident Compensation Corporation,	16.14	206
Compensation Review Panels,	16.50-16.52	224
Research (Accident Compensation Corporation),	15.23, 15.26	192
Research program,	1.7-1.17, 3.42
(see also Case studies and the subheading research program under: Common law modification schemes; Health care and rehabilitation; Interstate and overseas schemes; No-fault schemes; Workers’ compensation)
Residents and non-residents, 14.49-14.56	168-171
definition,	14.50-14.51	168
overseas,	14.52-14.56	170-171
Restitution,	3.13
(see also Full compensation; Individual assessment; Loss of earning capacity; compensation for Restitution model)
Restitution model (compensation assessment),	5.23, 5.38-5.51
advantages,	5.41-5.44
approach of Report,	5.57-5.59
characteristics,	5.38-5.40
disadvantages,	5.45-5.51
Retraining see Training and retraining
Return to work,
compensation entitlement and,	9.68-9.69	76
Revenue sources,	1.42-1.44, 17.23-17.57	244-251
(see also Commonwealth funding; Interstate costs and funding; Risk factors; Safety and funding)
continuing review,	17.37	248
summary,	17.63-17.64
Review,	16.90
(see also Appeal system)
Review Panels see Compensation Review Panels
Rights,
compensation see Compensation rights
rehabilitation see Rehabilitation right to
Risk factors, safety and funding,	17.38-17.47	249-250
drivers,	17.45-17.46	250
vehicles,	17.41-17.44	249
Risk spreading (historical background),	2.17-2.18
Rules of evidence,
Accident Compensation Appeal Tribunal,	16.70-16.72	233-234
Compensation Review Panels,	16.45-16.46	220

 

SSATs see Social Security Appeals Tribunals
Safety,
administrative function,	15.24-15.26	192
policy questions,	5.4-5.6
risk factors and funding,	17.38-17.47	249-250
Secrecy,	16.29	213
Self-employed people,
approaches to compensation,	7.37-7.38 10
assessment of earning capacity,	7.33-7.49	10-17
income statistics,	A.37-A.39
Self-inflicted injury,	14.66, 14.107-14.110, 14, 116	187
Seminars see Meetings and seminars
Services (as compensation),	5.64-5.68
(see also Social security system)
Set-offs,	14.92-14.94	179-181
(see also Collateral benefits)
definition,	Glossary
Settlements,	3.25-3.27
structured,	4.13-4.14
Sheltered employment allowances,	2.61
Short-term incapacity,	7.95-7.98, 8.42	34
Sick pay,	2.33, 8.42, 14.84, 14.98-14.99, 14.102	185
Sickness benefits,	2.33, 2.58-2.60
Social rehabilitation,	9.74-9.76	79
Social Security Appeals Tribunals (SSATs),	16.33, 16.43-16.44, 16.50, 16.53
Social security system,
(see also Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service; Restitution model; Services; Sickness benefits; Unemployment benefits; Welfare model)
description,	2.52-2.63
double compensation (avoidance),	14.84, 14.98, 14, 100, 14.104-14.105
reliance on (once-and-for-all assessment),	3.59-3.60
summary,	2.64
Solatium,	12.70-12.71	150
South Australia,
interim assessment and periodic payments,	4.7, 4.59
speed (administrative principle),	5.75, 15.12-15.13	191
Sporting injuries,	2.50-2.51
Sports, motor,	14.12-14.13, 14.108-14.110	159
Spouse,
(see also Dependants, Family members)
death benefits,	12.21-12.23	116
death of surviving,	12.66	146
definition,	12.21	116
earning capacity,
assessment,	12.53	135
impaired,	12.50-12.52	133-134
lump sum awards,	12.30-12.35	122-123
periodic payments,
additional (spouse of earner),	12.42-12.53	129-135
limits on,	12.62-12.65	142-145
summary,	12.76-12.77
remarriage,	12.67-12.68	147-148
Spreading the risk (historical background),	2.17-2.18
Staff structure,
Accident Compensation Appeal Tribunal,	16.83-16.86
Accident Compensation Corporation,	15.17, 15.45-15.48	198-199
(see also Assessing officers)
State level of inquiry (influence on policy making),	5.14
State scheme (disadvantages),	18.6
Statistics,	A.1-A.73
Statutory authority see Accident Compensation Corporation
Statutory compensation schemes,	2.13-2.15
(see also Limited statutory schemes; No-fault schemes)
Statutory duty, action for breach of,	2.16, 3.27
Strict liability,
(see also Statutory duty, action for breach of)
definition,	Glossary
history,	2.6
Structure of Report,	1.47-1.55
Structured settlements,	4.13-4.14
Submissions,	1.19-1.22, App. B-C
consultations on,	App. D.I
Suffering see Pain and suffering, Solatium
Suicide see Self-inflicted injury
Superannuation,	7.21, 14.84, 14, 98, 14.100, 14.103-14.104	186
Support services and independent living,	10.1-10.64	80-100
(see also Accommodation; Attendant care services; Emergency family support; Household services; Mobility)
summary,	10.65-10.70
Surveys see Research program
Susceptibility to injury,	14.33
Suspension of decision appealed from,	16.75	236

 

Table of maims,	11.35
definition,	Glossary
Tasmania,
interim assessment of periodic payments,	4.12
no-fault scheme replacing common law (proposed),	4.42
no-fault scheme supplementing common law,
administration,	15.29, 15.41-15.42
death benefits,	12.6, 12.58
description,	1.13, 1.38-1.39, 4.25, 4.39-4.41, 4.59
employees and self-employed,	7.49
exclusions,	14.109, 14.114, 14, 118
geographical scope,	14.41
gross earnings,	8.14
proportion of loss compensated,	8.19
replacement services approach,	7.45
vehicle risk classifications,	17.41
waiting period,	8.42
Tax, motor fuel,	17.36
Taxation,
(see also Gross earnings)
compensation assessment based on returns,	7.43
income and,	7.40	11
increase in revenue,	17.55-17.56
liability of Accident Compensation Corporation,	15.54-15.55
periodic payments,	12.39, 12.47	130
Victorian scheme,	4.30, 8.13, 8.15-8.16
Termination of benefits,	8.47-8.51	50-51
(see also Age limits)
Terms of reference,	1.1-1.2, 1.33
Third party insurance (motor vehicle),
(see also Financial aspects)
costs,	1.40-1.41, 3.96-3.98
current premiums,	1.40-1.41
deterrence and,	3.7, 3.9-3.10
funding source,	1.42
health care costs,	13.42-13.43, 13.46-13.50
historical background,	2.18, 2.20
Thresholds (permanent disability),
minimum level,	11.45-11.47	108
total disability,	11.48	109
Time limits,
appeals,	16.40	215
between accident and death,	12.58-12.59	140
lodging claims,	16.28	212
Top-up insurance,	8.31	42
Tort (definition),	Glossary
(see also Common law)
Total disability,	11.45-11.48	109
Traffic Accident Study,	1.12
adequacy of awards,	3.56-3.58
delays,	3.79, 3.82
estimating economic loss,	3.46
reliance on social security,	3.60
use of award by plaintiff,	3.62, 3.65-3.67, 8.2
Traffic accidents see Transport accidents
Traffic offences see Driving offences
Training and retraining,
disabled persons and dependent spouses,	9.58-9.59	70
health professionals,	9.42-9.48
Transitional arrangements,	17.58-17.60	252
Transport see Mobility
Transport accidents,
(see also Forms of transport Motor vehicle accidents; Public transport accidents)
definition,	14.14, 14.21	159
Report’s concentration on,	1.1-1.2
reasons for,	1.33-1.46
scope,	14.3-14.15
summary,	14.125
statistics,	A.46-A.72
Transport Accidents Scheme (proposed),
(see also Accident Compensation Corporation Administration; Exclusions; Financial aspects; Medical, hospital and related services)
context,	1.55, 18.1-18.13
cost,	1.54
coverage,	14.40-14.56	167-171
(see also Geographical scope)
establishment,	15.32-15.38	193
objectives,	5.1-5.81
summary,	5.82-5.90
research program,	1.17
scope,	1.52, 14.1-14.123	159-190
summary,	14.124-14.132
structure of Report,	1.51
workers’ compensation and,	9.63	73
Tribunal see Accident Compensation Appeal Tribunal

 

Uncompensated accident victims (argument against fault principle),	3.17-3.21
Unconscious victims,	11.53-11.56	112
Under-compensation,	3.22-3.24, 3.44, 8.2
(see also Settlements)
Unemployment,
benefits,	2.33, 2.61
statistics,	A.17-A.19
United Kingdom,
(see also Pearson Royal Commission)
interim assessment and periodic payments,	4.8-4.9
United States,
experience of no-fault schemes,	6.46
structured settlements,	4.13-4.15, 6.27
Universal coverage see Comprehensive entitlement

 

Vehicles, motor see Motor vehicles
Verbal threshold,	6.46
Vessels, power,	14.9
Vicissitudes see Reduction for vicissitudes
Victims, motor vehicle accident see Motor vehicle accident victims
Victoria,
(see also Delays Committee, Minogue Report)
interim assessment and periodic payments,	4.11
no-fault scheme supplementing common law,
administration,	1.13, 15.31, 15.41, 15.53
as model for New South Wales,	1.13, 4.59, 6.2, 6.6-6.8, 6.10, 6.18-6.19
summary,	6.47-6.49
costs,	6.39-6.46
death benefits,	12.6, 12.58-12.59
description,	1.13, 1.38-1.39, 4.25-4.40
exclusions,	14.12, 14.108, 14, 114
financial aspects,	17.3, 17.7-17.9, 17.19
form of compensation,	6.28
geographical scope,	14.41
medical costs,	13.5, 13.7
proportion of loss compensated,	8.19
rehabilitation,	6.33, 9.17-9.18
taxation,	4.30, 8.13, 8.15-8.16
workers’ compensation,	14.71
Violence, crimes of,	14.109, 14.117	118
Visits and visitors see Interstate and overseas schemes-consultations
Vocational training,	9.58-9.59	70

 

Waiting periods,	8.41-8.46	47-49
Welfare model (compensation assessment),	5.23-5.30
advantages,	5.26-5.28
approach of the Report,	5.62
characteristics,	5.24-5.25
disadvantages,	5.29-5.30
Western Australia,
interim assessment and periodic payments,	4.5-4.7, 4.59
“Whole Person Approach”,
(permanent disability),	11.9-11.15, 11.39, 11.61	103
Witnesses,
Accident Compensation Appeal Tribunal,	16.77	238
Compensation Review Panels,	16.53
Women and employment patterns,	A.14-A.16
Woodhouse Committee and Report (Australia) see National Rehabilitation and Compensation Scheme
Woodhouse Report (New Zealand),	4.48-4.52, 5.42-5.43, 5.61, 11.1, 15.24
Workers’ compensation,
Accident Compensation Appeal Tribunal,	16.83, 16.85
Accident Compensation Corporation,	15.32-15.33
Administration of Transport Accidents Scheme,	15.27, 15.30, 15.33, 15.37
collateral benefits,	14.101
Compensation models,	5.25, 5.32, 5.39
current scheme,	2.37-2.45, 7.56
death benefits,	12.5
existing incapacity,	14.30
form and payment of compensation,	8.19, 8.37
finding source,	1.43
historical background,	2.8-2.11, 2.14, 2.17-2.20
liability to pay,	9.62-9.64	73
medical assessment,	16.20
medical costs,	13.5
permanent disability,	11.35, 11.38, 11.43
post-aggravation,	14.38-14.39
redemptions and,	8.4-8.7, 14.89	177
rehabilitation and,	3.77, 7.56, 9.12-9.14
research program,	1.16
sick pay,	14.102
transport accidents,	14.58, 14.69-14.80, 14.84-14.89, 14.94	174-175, 177
(see also Course of employment accidents; Journey accidents)
costs,	14.77-14.78
waiting periods,	8.42
Workforce rehabilitation,	9.57-9.73	70-78
Working Paper: “Deferred Assessment of Damages for Personal Injuries” (1969),	4.10, 4.59-4.60
Working Paper “A Transport Accidents Scheme for NSW” (1983),
accident prevention,	15.24
administration,	15.3
age limits,	8.48
ceiling on compensation,	8.26, 8.28
common law rights,	14.81
course of employment accidents,	14.74-14.75
death benefits,	12.1, 12.9-12.16, 12.70-12.71
earners,	7.7-7.8
escalation of damages,	1.40
failure to compensate motor accident victims,	1.35, 3.18
financial aspects,	17.2, 17.8, 17.23
geographical scope,	14.40
gross earnings,	8.13, 8.15
hospital costs,	13.46
journey accidents,	14.71-14.72
loss of economic capacity,	7.82, 7.84
lost opportunity,	7.86
non-earners,	7.82, 7.84, 7.86
permanent disability,	11.43, 11.49
potential for advancement,	7.66-7.67
proportion of loss compensated,	8.18
proposals,	1.6, 6.2
redemptions,	8.4
rehabilitation,	8.52, 9.1, 9.26
self-employed people,	7.37
summary,	1.5-1.6
tax returns,	7.43
transport accidents,	14.21
reasons for concentration on,	1.33
unemployment,	7.55
waiting periods,	8.42
Workplace, alterations to,	9.60-9.61	71-72
Work-related accidents,	14.69-14.80	174-176
(see also Workers’ compensation)
common law actions,	14.81-14.83	176
special provision (set-offs),	14.94	181
summary,	14.130-14.131
Wrongful death claims,	2.34