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FORESTS ACT 1958 - SECT 72D

Construction of sections 72A to 72R

    (1)     Sections 72A to 72R should be read as if they formed part of the Workplace Injury   Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 .

    (2)     If there is an inconsistency in any of sections 72A to 72R and the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 , sections 72A to 72R prevail to the extent of the inconsistency.

    (3)     Unless inconsistent with the context or subject‑matter, words and expressions defined in section 3 of the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 have the same meaning in sections 72A to 72R as they have in that Act.

    (4)     If a forest firefighter satisfies the presumption under section 72E or section 72H, their disease is to be taken to be an injury within the meaning of the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 .

S. 72E inserted by No. 46/2021 s. 6.



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