WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 126
Further application for compensation for industrial deafness
WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 126
Further application for compensation for industrial deafness
126 Further application for compensation for industrial deafness
(1) This section applies if a worker has lodged an application for
compensation for industrial deafness.
(2) The worker is entitled to lodge a
further application for compensation for industrial deafness only if it is
lodged more than 3 years after the previous application was lodged with the
insurer.
(3) The worker is entitled to further lump sum compensation if the
worker has sustained a further diminution of hearing of more than 1%.
(4) The
further application must be decided under section 125.