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the SMVA Fund may at its discretion, pay such legal costs directly to the claimant's
attorney and deduct such amount from the benefits payable to the claimant.
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(7) Subject to the provisions of this Act, where a claim for benefits under this
(a) includes a claim for general damages, the benefit shall be a
monetary award paid by way of a lump sum;
(b) includes a claim for the cost of any future accommodation of any
person in a hospital or nursing home or treatment of or rendering
of a service or supplying of goods to him, the SMVA Fund shall,
after furnishing the claimant concerned with an undertaking to that
effect or a competent court has directed the SMVA Fund to furnish
such undertaking compensate-
(i)
the claimant in respect of the said cost after the cost has
been incurred and on production of acceptable proof of
payment thereof; or,
(ii)
the provider of such service or treatment directly.
(8) Subject to the conditions, limitations and exclusions imposed by this Act,
the benefits that the SMV A Fund is required to pay in respect of medical expenses on any
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claim shall not exceed such sum, or sums, as is or are currently prescribed and generally
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