(1) If a worker suffers a work injury and, in consequence of the trauma out of which the injury arose, damage occurs to any therapeutic appliances, clothes, personal effects or tools of trade of the worker, the worker is, subject to limitations prescribed by regulation, entitled to be compensated for the full amount of the damage.
(2) An entitlement under subsection (1) does not extend to compensation for damage to a motor vehicle.
(3) An amount prescribed by regulation under subsection (1) may, if the regulations so provide, be indexed so as to provide annual adjustments according to changes in the CPI.