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WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1987 - SECT 22C
Certain injuries not to be dealt with under sections 15 and 16
22C Certain injuries not to be dealt with under sections 15 and 16
(1) This section applies to an injury that is of a kind, or that occurs in
circumstances, prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section.
(2) The regulations may provide that either or both of sections 15 and 16 is
or are not to apply to an injury to which this section applies and that
instead section 22 is to apply to the injury.
(3) The regulations may provide
that section 15 (1) (a) or 16 (1) (a) is, for the purposes of all or specified
provisions of this Act, to apply in respect of an injury to which this section
applies.
(4) A regulation made for the purposes of this section extends to
apply to an injury that happened before the commencement of the regulation,
but only if-- (a) death, incapacity, loss or liability as referred to in
section 22 results from that injury and one or more other injuries, and
(b)
at least one of those other injuries happened after the commencement of the
regulation.
(5) A regulation made for the purposes of this section does not
(despite subsection (4)) affect any liability of an employer or insurer to pay
compensation or a contribution, or any liability of an insurer to indemnify an
employer, that arose before the commencement of the regulation, unless the
Commission otherwise orders.
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