WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 36E
Deciding number of years
WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 36E
Deciding number of years
36E Deciding number of years
(1) This section applies for deciding the number of years of the person’s
employment as a firefighter for section 36D(1) (b) .
(2) A period of 12
months may be included only if, throughout the period, the person—
(a) was
employed for the purpose of firefighting; and
(b) attended fires to the
extent reasonably necessary to fulfil the purpose of the person’s
employment.
(3) However, the number of years may be made up by taking into
account—
(a) more than 1 period of employment; or
(b) periods of employment
as more than 1 type of firefighter.
Example—
A person was employed for
firefighting and attended fires for 10 years before working in administrative
and management roles for another 20 years. For section 36D(1) (b) , the
person was employed as a firefighter for 10 years.
(4) In this section—
"firefighting" means extinguishing, controlling or preventing the spread of
fires.