WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 44
WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 44
44 . Diseases in Sch. 3 deemed due to employment in process in Sch. 3
If the worker at or
immediately before the date on which the worker was rendered less able to earn
full wages was employed in any process mentioned in column 2 of Schedule 3 and
produces a certificate from a medical practitioner that the disease contracted
is the disease or one of the diseases in column 1 set opposite the description
of the process, such disease shall be deemed to have been due to the nature of
the employment, unless the employer proves the contrary.
[Section 44 amended: No. 42 of 2004 s. 33.]