Page 3 of 3 Catalogue No. SIRA08744 10/17
The insurer will need authority to collect your personal and health information to help manage your claim.
Insurers may need to disclose personal and health information about you to each other and relevant organisations.
3. About your personal information
Why?
• To ensure the claim is compliant with New South Wales motor accident injury legislation.
• For the purpose of enabling the insurer to process, assess and manage your claim and to verify any
evidence you may submit in support of your claim.
• For the purposes of legal proceedings under that legislation if required.
• To assist with your rehabilitation and to assist the insurer to better manage claims.
Why?
• To process, assess and manage your claim.
• To support any complaint or enquiry made by you to any authority.
• Personal and health information provided by you may be retained, used and disclosed by:
– licensed insurers to manage your claim and determine your entitlements, and
– the State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA) as regulator of the CTP scheme under the Motor Accident
Injuries Act 2017.
• Any personal and health information you provide will be collected, retained, used and disclosed in accordance
with (where relevant) the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (NSW) (PPIP Act), Health
Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 (HRIP Act), Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988, the Motor Accident
Injuries Act 2017 and SIRA’s Privacy Management Plan.
• Under the Motor Accident Injuries Act 2017, SIRA may, despite anything to the contrary in the PPIP Act or the
HRIP Act, collect, use and disclose data relating to third party policies, claims, activities and performance of
insurers and the provision of health, legal and other services to injured persons.
4. Collection of personal and health information to manage
your claim
5. Declaration and authorisation
Please read this declaration carefully before writing your name below and signing.
• All information you have provided in this claim form must be true and correct in every respect.
• Under section 307C of the Crimes Act 1900, you can be issued with a ne up to $22,000 or imprisoned for two
years, or both for knowingly providing false or misleading information in this form.
• You authorise the insurer to contact and obtain information and documents relevant to the claim from persons
specied in this authorisation below and provide information and documents so obtained to persons specied
in this authorisation below.
The consent and authorisation to release, use, disclose and exchange personal and health information on this form
and information obtained in the course of the processing and managing my claim for damages under common law
apply to and between:
• any doctor, ambulance service, hospital or other health related service provider
• any police department
• any property damage insurer
• any employer or accountant of the injured person
• any personal injury insurer or workers compensation insurer
• Centrelink
• Medicare Australia
• Lifetime Care and Support Authority of NSW
• State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA).
Signature
Date (dd/mm/yyyy)
/ /
I, [Name]
declare that, to the best of my knowledge, the information given in this form is true and correct. I also give
consent and authorisation for the collection, use, disclosure and exchange of personal and health information
provided in this form.
Please print this page and sign here.