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WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988 - SECT 28A

Presumption as to cause of post-traumatic stress disorder
(1)  In this section –
relevant worker means –
(a) a worker who is employed by the Crown or appointed under an Act of the State; and
(b) a worker who is employed by a Government Business Enterprise, within the meaning of the Government Business Enterprises Act 1995 ; and
(c) a worker who is employed by a State-owned company, within the meaning of the Government Business Enterprises Act 1995 .
(2)  Subject to section 25(1A) and (2) , where a relevant worker suffers an injury that consists of post-traumatic stress disorder, the worker's employment is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, taken to have contributed to a substantial degree to that injury.



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