Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person who is offered the choice under this Division can choose to receive a Special Rate Disability Pension instead of compensation worked out under Division 2 of Part 4.
(2) A person who makes the choice cannot change it.
(3) However, a person to whom the Commonwealth is no longer liable to pay a Special Rate Disability Pension under section 209 is taken not to have chosen to receive the Pension.
Note: This means that the person might still be entitled to
compensation worked out under Division 2 of Part 4 or under the
Return to Work Scheme in section 210.