• Specific Year
    Any

WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988 - SCHEDULE 5 - Diseases, of Fire-fighters, in Respect of Which There is Presumption of Cause

WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988 - SCHEDULE 5

- Diseases, of Fire-fighters, in Respect of Which There is Presumption of Cause

SCHEDULE 5 - Diseases, of Fire-fighters, in Respect of Which There is Presumption of Cause

Section 27

 

Column 1

Description of Disease

Column 2

Qualifying Period

1. 

Primary site brain cancer

5 years

2. 

Primary site bladder cancer

15 years

3. 

Primary site kidney cancer

15 years

4. 

Primary non-Hodgkins lymphoma

15 years

5. 

Primary leukemia

5 years

6. 

Primary site breast cancer

10 years

7. 

Primary site testicular cancer

10 years

8. 

Multiple myeloma

15 years

9. 

Primary site prostate cancer

15 years

10. 

Primary site ureter cancer

15 years

11. 

Primary site colorectal cancer

15 years

12. 

Primary site oesophageal cancer

25 years

13. 

Primary site cervical cancer

10 years

14. 

Primary site ovarian cancer

10 years

15. 

Primary site penile cancer

15 years

16. 

Primary site thyroid cancer

10 years

17. 

Primary site pancreatic cancer

10 years

18. 

Primary site skin cancer

15 years

19. 

Primary site lung cancer

15 years

20. 

Primary site uterine cancer

10 years

21. 

Malignant mesothelioma

15 years