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WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 34

Injury while at or after worker attends place of employment

34 Injury while at or after worker attends place of employment

(1) An injury to a worker is taken to arise out of, or in the course of, the worker’s employment if the event happens on a day on which the worker has attended at the place of employment as required under the terms of the worker’s employment—
(a) while the worker is at the place of employment and is engaged in an activity for, or in connection with, the employer’s trade or business; or
(b) while the worker is away from the place of employment in the course of the worker’s employment; or
(c) while the worker is temporarily absent from the place of employment during an ordinary recess if the event is not due to the worker voluntarily subjecting themself to an abnormal risk of injury during the recess.
(2) For subsection (1) (c) , employment need not be a contributing factor to the injury.



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