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WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 669

Provisions about, civil liability and assessment of damages

669 Provisions about, civil liability and assessment of damages

(1) Subsection (2) applies in relation to the following provisions—
(a) provisions inserted by section 21;
(b) new section 305H(1)(f) and (3) inserted by section 22.
(2) The provisions only apply in relation to—
(a) an injury sustained by a worker after the commencement of the provisions; or
(b) an injury sustained by a worker before the commencement of the provisions if—
(i) the injury is a latent onset injury diagnosed after the commencement of the provisions; or
(ii) the injury is—
(A) an injury to which section 235A applies; and
(B) the worker first consulted a relevant health practitioner after the commencement of the provision.
(3) To remove any doubt, it is declared that subsection (2) does not affect a provision that is, or to the extent that it is, only renumbered and relocated into part 8 or part 9 by the amending Act.
(4) In this section—

"relevant health practitioner" means a relevant health practitioner as defined under section 235A.



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