WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1987 - SECT 39
Cessation of weekly payments after 5 years
WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1987 - SECT 39
Cessation of weekly payments after 5 years
39 Cessation of weekly payments after 5 years
(1) Despite any other provision of this Division, a worker has no entitlement
to weekly payments of compensation under this Division in respect of an injury
after an aggregate period of 260 weeks (whether or not consecutive) in respect
of which a weekly payment has been paid or is payable to the worker in respect
of the injury.
(2) This section does not apply to an injured worker whose
injury results in permanent impairment if the degree of permanent impairment
resulting from the injury is more than 20%.
Note : For workers with more than
20% permanent impairment, entitlement to compensation may continue after 260
weeks but entitlement after 260 weeks is still subject to section 38.
(3) For
the purposes of this section, the degree of permanent impairment that results
from an injury is to be assessed as provided by section 65 (for an assessment
for the purposes of Division 4).
