New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WORKERS COMPENSATION (BUSH FIRE, EMERGENCY AND RESCUE SERVICES) ACT 1987 - SECT 13

13 Provisions relating to compensation for personal property, vehicles etc

(cf former s 17D)

(1) The amount of the compensation payable under section 12 shall be such amount as the Authority may, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, consider reasonable to indemnify the owner for the destruction, damage or loss.

(2) The amount payable under section 12 shall not exceed:

(a) in respect of all destruction of and damage to and loss of the crutches, artificial members, eyes, teeth, artificial aids, or spectacles of a person, sustained on any one occasion-the amount applicable under section 76 of the Principal Act in respect of damage referred to in that section, or

(b) in respect of all destruction of and damage to and loss of clothing or personal effects on a person, sustained on any one occasion-the amount applicable under section 77 of the Principal Act in respect of damage referred to in that section.

(3) Compensation is not payable under section 12 in respect of any loss:

(a) occasioned by theft, unless the applicant has taken such action with a view to recovering the property stolen as the Authority thinks reasonable, or

(b) resulting from reasonable wear and tear.

(4) Compensation is not payable under section 12 if the owner is entitled to adequate reimbursement under any policy of insurance or from any other source.