WORKERS COMPENSATION REGULATION 2003 - REG 213 Coal miners

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKERS COMPENSATION REGULATION 2003 - REG 213

213 Coal miners

(1) The amendments made to the Workers Compensation Act 1987 by the following provisions of the 1996 amending Act do not apply in respect of an injury received before 1 July 1997 by a worker employed in or about a mine:

(a) Schedule 1.2 (Employment required to be substantial contributing factor),

(b) Schedule 1.4 (Reduction in maximum lump sum compensation amounts),

(c) Schedule 1.5 (Discontinuation of weekly payments after 2 years),

(d) Schedule 1.6 (Deduction for previous injuries and pre-existing conditions and abnormalities).

(2) Clause 1 (3) of Part 18 of Schedule 6 to the Act applies in respect of an injury received before 1 January 1998 as if the reference in paragraph (c) of that subclause to the period of 78 weeks after the date of the injury concerned were a reference to the first 78 weeks of incapacity for work (whether total or partial, or both) after the worker becomes (or became) entitled to weekly payments of compensation in respect of the incapacity resulting from the injury. Separate periods of incapacity resulting from the same injury are to be aggregated to determine the period of incapacity for work.