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WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 79

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 79

79 .         Wilful and false representation by worker

                Where it is proved that the worker has, at the time of seeking or entering employment in respect of which he claims compensation for an injury, wilfully and falsely represented himself as not having previously suffered from the injury an arbitrator may in the arbitrator’s discretion refuse to award compensation which otherwise would be payable.

        [Section 79 amended: No. 48 of 1993 s. 28(1); No. 42 of 2004 s. 63, 146 and 147.]