Personal Injuries Resolution Board Act 2022

Amendment of section 13 of Principal Act

4. Section 13 of the Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):

“(2) The notice under subsection (1)(b) is a notice stating that the Board has received an application made under section 11 by the claimant and requesting the respondent to state to the Board in writing, within the period specified in the notice, whether he or she consents to—

(a) an assessment being made under section 20 of the claimant’s relevant claim,

(b) mediation of the relevant claim under Chapter 1A, where the claimant has applied for resolution of his or her relevant claim under that Chapter, or

(c) both an assessment referred to in paragraph (a) and mediation referred to in paragraph (b).”.