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TASMANIA
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WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION
AMENDMENT BILL 2008
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Section 69B amended (Period for which benefits are payable)
WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION
AMENDMENT BILL 2008
(Brought in by Marinus Theodoor Hidding)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988
Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and
consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as
follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Workers Rehabilitation and
Compensation Amendment Act 2008.
2. Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal
Assent.
3. Principal Act
In this Act, the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act
1988* is referred to as the Principal Act.
4. Section 69B amended (Period for which benefits are payable)
Section 69B of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after
subsection (6) the following subsection:
(7) In relation to a police officer, who has taken the
oath or affirmation under section 36(2) of the Police
Service Act 2003, who suffers an injury in the
conduct of his or her duty arising out of or in the
course of keeping and preserving the peace or
preventing an offence against a person or property,
the weekly payment determined under section 69 is
to be payable at 100% of the weekly payment for
the period of incapacity.
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*No. 4 of 1988