Road Accident Fund Amendment B3-2017

1st February 2017

To amend the Road Accident Fund Act, 1996, so as to insert new definitions; to provide the Fund with the power to determine and amend the forms; to regulate the manner in which a final court order sounding in money against the Fund must be satisfied; to provide for the Minister to prescribe a list of injuries that are deemed serious; to authorise the Fund to offer a cost contribution with the offer of compensation; to provide for the Fund to pay compensation for accommodation, treatment and the rendering or supplying of a service on a no-fault basis for an initial period; to provide for the Minister to prescribe a single tariff; to provide for the Fund to pay only specified funeral expenses on a no-fault basis, limited to a maximum proven amount; to harmonise the prescription regime for claims; and to provide for matters connected therewith.