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WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 1999 - REG 16

16—Exemption from two weeks of payments

        (1)         Pursuant to section 46(8a) of the Act, employers who are participating in the RISE scheme are, subject to subregulation (2), a prescribed class of employers exempt from the operation of section 46(3) of the Act.

        (2)         The exemption under subregulation (1) is limited to cases where—

            (a)         the disability is suffered by a worker who is employed by the employer under the RISE scheme; and

            (b)         the disability is, or results from, the aggravation, acceleration, exacerbation, deterioration or recurrence of the disability to which the worker's participation in the RISE scheme can be attributed.

        (3)         In this regulation—

"RISE scheme" means the re-employment scheme called the Re-employment Incentive Scheme for Employers established by the Corporation for workers who have suffered compensable disabilities.



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