Victorian Current Acts

WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1958 - SECT 1A

    (1)     Despite anything to the contrary in this Act—

        (a)     this Act applies to and in relation to an injury to a worker—

              (i)     before the appointed day arising out of or in the course of employment before the appointed day; or

              (ii)     after the appointed day arising out of or in the course of employment solely before the appointed day; and

        (b)     this Act does not apply to or in relation to an injury to a worker on or after the appointed day arising out of or in the course of employment on or after the appointed day.

    (2)     Nothing in this section prevents a worker from being entitled to compensation under this Act in respect of a disease due to the nature of any employment in which the worker was employed before the appointed day if the worker was not employed in employment of that nature on or after the appointed day.

S. 1A(3) amended by No. 67/2013 s. 648(1).

    (3)     This Act shall be read together with the Accident Compensation Act 1985 and the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 .

S. 1AA inserted by No. 37/1992 s. 7.