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WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988 - SECT 132 Interpretation of Part X

WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988 - SECT 132

PART X - Concurrent rights to compensation and damages Division 1 - Rights to compensation and damages Interpretation of Part X

In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears –
compensation , used in relation to an injury, means any compensation or any such expenses as are referred to in section 75 payable in respect of that injury under this Act;
damages means damages recoverable (whether by virtue of an enactment or otherwise) in respect of any civil liability in the employer, however arising;
employer , used in relation to an injury suffered by a worker, includes any person who, in respect of that injury, is liable, under section 29 , to pay compensation or to indemnify any other person for any compensation paid by that other person.