149   Definitions

(1)  In this Part:

damages includes:

(a)  any form of monetary compensation, and

(b)  without limiting paragraph (a), any amount paid under a compromise or settlement of a claim for damages (whether or not legal proceedings have been instituted),

      but does not include:

(c)  compensation under this Act, or

(d)  additional or alternative compensation to which Division 8 of Part 3 applies, or

(e)  an award of compensation or direction for compensation under Part 2 or Part 4 of the Victims Compensation Act 1996, or

(f)  a sum required or authorised to be paid under a State industrial instrument, or

(g)  any sum payable under a superannuation scheme or any life or other insurance policy, or

(h)  any amount paid in respect of costs incurred in connection with legal proceedings, or

(i)  damages of a class which is excluded by the regulations from this definition.

(2)  A reference in this Part to compensation payable under this Act includes a reference to compensation that would be payable under this Act if a claim for that compensation were duly made.