Victorian Numbered Acts

WORKPLACE INJURY REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 2013 (NO. 67 OF 2013) - SECT 625

For section 5 of the Accident Compensation Act 1985 substitute —

        "     5     Definitions

    (1)     In this Act—

"appointed day" means four o'clock in the afternoon of the day before the proclaimed day;

first entitlement period has the meaning given by section 91E;

"personal and household service" means the provision of one or more of the following of a kind or type, and by a person, approved by the Authority—

        (a)     attendant care;

        (b)     counselling;

        (c)     household help;

        (d)     transportation costs;

        (e)     at the request of a medical practitioner, an aid, assistance, appliance, apparatus or service, other than a medical service, hospital service or nursing service—

and includes a rehabilitation service provided under this Act as in force before the commencement of section 80 of the Accident Compensation (WorkCover Insurance) Act 1993 ;

"prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made under the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 ;

"proclaimed day" means the day fixed under section 2(2) ;

second entitlement period has the meaning given by section 91E;

"weekly payment" means compensation in the form of a weekly payment under Division 2 of Part IV.

    (2)     Unless inconsistent with the context or subject-matter—

        (a)     words and expressions defined in section 3 of the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 have the same meaning in this Act as they have in that Act; and

        (b)     section 4(1) and (2) and Schedule 1 of the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 have effect as if enacted in this Act.".