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MOTOR ACCIDENT INJURIES ACT 2017 - SECT 3.41

Vocational and return to work support provided by Authority

3.41 Vocational and return to work support provided by Authority

(1) The Authority may institute, administer or co-ordinate vocational and return to work support schemes for injured persons.
(2) The Authority may pay from the SIRA Fund such amounts as may be necessary or desirable for the purposes of vocational and return to work support for injured persons.
(3) Without limiting the generality of subsection (2), the Authority may pay from the SIRA Fund such amounts as the Authority considers appropriate--
(a) to provide financial incentives to employers who offer employment to injured persons unable to find suitable employment and who provide (or assist in the provision of) vocational support for those injured persons, or
(b) to provide financial incentives to employers who retain or re-employ injured persons and who provide (or assist in the provision of) vocational support for those injured persons, or
(c) to provide financial assistance to employers or others who offer injured persons work-trial experience or other voluntary work as part of the vocational support for those persons (being assistance in connection with the cost of any necessary insurance arrangements relating to the persons or for other incidental expenses).



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