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WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1951 - SECT 65

Presumption to be drawn from refusal to submit to hearing examination

    (1)     This section applies to a worker with a claim for which no compensation is payable because of section 64.

    (2)     If the worker fails to allow himself or herself to be examined as required under the worker's personal injury plan, or obstructs the examination, it is presumed in the absence of evidence to the contrary that the worker has no hearing loss because of boilermakers deafness.



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