New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1987 - SECT 9B

9B No compensation for heart attack or stroke unless nature of employment results in significantly greater risk

(1) No compensation is payable under this Act in respect of an injury that consists of, is caused by, results in or is associated with a heart attack injury or stroke injury unless the nature of the employment concerned gave rise to a significantly greater risk of the worker suffering the injury than had the worker not been employed in employment of that nature.

(2) In this section--

"heart attack injury" means an injury to the heart, or any blood vessel supplying or associated with the heart, that consists of, is caused by, results in or is associated with--

(a) any heart attack, or

(b) any myocardial infarction, or

(c) any myocardial ischaemia, or

(d) any angina, whether unstable or otherwise, or

(e) any fibrillation, whether atrial or ventricular or otherwise, or

(f) any arrhythmia of the heart, or

(g) any tachycardia, whether ventricular, supra ventricular or otherwise, or

(h) any harm or damage to such a blood vessel or to any associated plaque, or

(i) any impairment, disturbance or alteration of blood, or blood circulation, within such a blood vessel, or

(j) any occlusion of such a blood vessel, whether the occlusion is total or partial, or

(k) any rupture of such a blood vessel, including any rupture of an aneurism of such a blood vessel, or

(l) any haemorrhage from such a blood vessel, or

(m) any aortic dissection, or

(n) any consequential physical harm or damage, including harm or damage to the brain, or

(o) any consequential mental harm or damage.

"stroke injury" means an injury to the brain, or any of the blood vessels supplying or associated with the brain, that consists of, is caused by, results in or is associated with--

(a) any stroke, or

(b) any cerebral infarction, or

(c) any cerebral ischaemia, or

(d) any rupture of such a blood vessel, including any rupture of an aneurism of such a blood vessel, or

(e) any subarachnoid haemorrhage, or

(f) any haemorrhage from such a blood vessel, or

(g) any harm or damage to such a blood vessel or to any associated plaque, or

(h) any impairment, disturbance or alteration of blood, or blood circulation, within such a blood vessel, or

(i) any occlusion of such a blood vessel, whether the occlusion is total or partial, or

(j) any consequential physical harm or damage, including neurological harm or damage, or

(k) any consequential mental harm or damage.