36   What is a “serious injury or illness”

In this Part, serious injury or illness of a person means an injury or illness requiring the person to have:

(a)  immediate treatment as an in-patient in a hospital, or

(b)  immediate treatment for:

(i)  the amputation of any part of his or her body, or

(ii)  a serious head injury, or

(iii)  a serious eye injury, or

(iv)  a serious burn, or

(v)  the separation of his or her skin from an underlying tissue (such as degloving or scalping), or

(vi)  a spinal injury, or

(vii)  the loss of a bodily function, or

(viii)  serious lacerations, or

(c)  medical treatment within 48 hours of exposure to a substance,

and includes any other injury or illness prescribed by the regulations but does not include an illness or injury of a prescribed kind.