Accident compensation - Transport accident - Transport Accident Commission - Payment of benefits - Commission's entitlement to indemnity against tortfeasor - Out-of-State accident - Whether indemnity restricted to accidents occurring in Victoria - Transport Accident Act 1986 s 104

Constitutional law - Federal jurisdiction - Applicable law - Claim by State instrumentality against resident of another State - Statutory claim for indemnity - Characterisation - Whether a claim in tort - Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) ss 64 79 80

Constitutional law - State statute - Validity - Extra-territorial question of statutes - Whether invalid as purporting to apply outside Victoria - Whether invalid as being inconsistent with laws of another State - Prohibition on imposition of disability or discrimination on basis of residence interstate - Nature and extent of prohibition - Statute conferring right on State instrumentality - Whether subjecting interstate resident to disability or discrimination in Victoria on the ground of residence in another State - Commonwealth Constitution ss 117 118

Accident compensation - Transport accident - Transport Accident Commission - Payment of benefits - Extinguishment of common law right of action - Commission's statutory entitlement to indemnity against tortfeasor - Tortfeasor settling separate action brought by transport accident victim - Judgment entered for tortfeasor - Commission's entitlement to indemnity not extinguished - "Regardless of section 93" - "But for this Act" - Transport Accident Act 1986 (No 111) ss 93 104