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WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 14

Rural fire brigade member

14 Rural fire brigade member

(1) WorkCover may enter into a contract of insurance for this subdivision with the authority responsible for management of a rural fire brigade under the Fire and Emergency Services Act 1990 .
(2) The contract may cover a member of the rural fire brigade.
(3) A person covered by the contract is entitled to compensation for injury sustained only while performing duties, including being trained, as a member of the rural fire brigade.
(4) However, a person covered by the contract is also entitled to compensation if the person is a specified volunteer firefighter who sustains an injury that is a specified disease.
(5) Subsections (3) and (4) do not limit section 12 (2A) .



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