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percentage (for B) are as follows:

  B1    Pain and suffering

Table B1.1—Pain

Table B1.2—Suffering

  B2    Loss of amenities

 Table B2.1—Mobility

 Table B2.2—Social relationships

 Table B2.3—Recreation and leisure activities

  B3    Other loss

 Table B3—Other loss

  B4    Loss of expectation of life

 Table B4—Loss of expectation of life

  B5    Calculation of non-economic loss

Table B5—Worksheet: calculation of non-economic loss

B1  Pain and suffering

A score out of 5 is assessed for each of the following:

    (a)   pain (using Table B1.1—Pain);

    (b)   suffering (using Table B1.2—Suffering).

Pain and suffering are defined in the Glossary.

Using Table B5—Worksheet: calculation of non-economic loss (Step 1), the score for pain and suffering is combined with the scores derived from Tables B2.1—Mobility, B2.2—Social relationships, B2.3—Recreation and other leisure activities, B3—Other loss and B4—Loss of expectation of life.

Table B1.1—Pain and Table B1.2—Suffering do not include:

    (a)   temporary pain or temporary suffering; or

    (b)   speculation of future pain, or future suffering, that has not yet manifested itself.

Only permanent pain or permanent suffering is considered.

Table B1.1  Pain

Score  Description of level of effect