Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

WORKERS COMPENSATION AMENDMENT ACT 2006 (NO. 4 OF 2006) - SECT 5

in part 4.3, insert

36G     Definitions—pt 4.3

In this part:

"initial incapacity date", for a worker in relation to an injury that causes incapacity or death, means—

        (a)     the date the worker first becomes incapacitated (whether totally or partially) for work because of the injury;

        (b)     if the worker is dead and the death was not preceded by a period of incapacity for work—the date of the worker's death.

"weekly compensation", for a worker, means compensation to which the worker is entitled under section 39 (Entitlement to weekly compensation for first 26 weeks of incapacity) or section 40 (Entitlement to weekly compensation after first 26 weeks of incapacity).