Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 31

31 Meaning of event

(1) An
"event" is anything that results in injury, including a latent onset injury, to a worker.

(2) An
"event" includes continuous or repeated exposure to substantially the same conditions that results in an injury to a worker.

(3) A worker may sustain 1 or multiple injuries as a result of an event whether the injury happens or injuries happen immediately or over a period.

(4) If multiple injuries result from an event, they are taken to have happened in 1 event.