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TASMANIA
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WORKERS REHABILITATION AND
COMPENSATION AMENDMENT (PRESUMPTION
AS TO CAUSE OF DISEASE) BILL 2019
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Section 28A inserted
28A. Presumption as to cause of post-traumatic stress
disorder
5. Section 162A repealed
6. Repeal of Act
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WORKERS REHABILITATION AND
COMPENSATION AMENDMENT (PRESUMPTION
AS TO CAUSE OF DISEASE) BILL 2019
This Public Bill originated in the House of Assembly, and, having this day passed, is
now ready for presentation to the Legislative Council for its concurrence.
SHANE DONNELLY, Clerk of the House
10 April 2019
(Brought in by the Minister for Building and Construction, the
Honourable Sarah Courtney)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Workers Rehabilitation and
Compensation Act 1988 in relation to post-traumatic stress
disorder
Be it enacted by Her Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by
and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and
House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Workers
Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment
(Presumption as to Cause of Disease) Act 2019.
2. Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which this
Act receives the Royal Assent.
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(Presumption as to Cause of Disease) Act 2019
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3. Principal Act
In this Act, the Workers Rehabilitation and
Compensation Act 1988* is referred to as the
Principal Act.
4. Section 28A inserted
After section 28 of the Principal Act, the
following section is inserted in Division 1:
28A. Presumption as to cause of post-traumatic
stress disorder
(1) In this section -
relevant worker means -
(a) a worker who is employed by the
Crown or appointed under an Act
of the State; and
(b) a worker who is employed by a
Government Business Enterprise,
within the meaning of the
Government Business Enterprises
Act 1995; and
(c) a worker who is employed by a
State-owned company, within the
meaning of the Government
Business Enterprises Act 1995.
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*No. 4 of 1988
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(Presumption as to Cause of Disease) Act 2019
Act No. of 2019
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(2) Subject to section 25(1A) and (2), where
a relevant worker suffers an injury that
consists of post-traumatic stress disorder,
the worker's employment is, in the
absence of evidence to the contrary,
taken to have contributed to a substantial
degree to that injury.
5. Section 162A repealed
Section 162A of the Principal Act is repealed.
6. Repeal of Act
This Act is repealed on the first anniversary of
the day on which it commenced.
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