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WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 15
Volunteer firefighter or volunteer fire warden
(1) WorkCover may enter into a contract of insurance for this subdivision with
the authority responsible for the management of the State’s fire services.
(2) The contract may cover a volunteer firefighter or a volunteer fire warden
(
"volunteer" ).
(3) A person covered by the contract is entitled to
compensation for injury sustained only while attending at a fire, or
practising, or performing any other duty, as a volunteer.
(4) However, a
person covered by the contract is also entitled to compensation if the person
is a specified volunteer firefighter who sustains an injury that is a
specified disease.
(5) Subsections (3) and (4) do not limit section 12 (2A) .
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