WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 491 Interpretation

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 491

491 Interpretation

(1) For this chapter or a regulation made for this chapter,
"worker" includes—

(a) a person to whom compensation is payable under this Act or a former Act for injury, including impairment or disfigurement; and

(b) a person to whom an amount is payable for any personal injury under an Act prescribed under a regulation.

Note—

This chapter deals with injury in terms of injury, impairment and disfigurement.

(2) For the application of this chapter or a regulation made for this chapter in relation to an injury mentioned in section 490A (1) (b) ,
"compensation" ,
"disfigurement" ,
"impairment" and
"injury" , and any term used in an applicable provision of a former Act, have the same meaning as they have under the former Act.