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ACCIDENT COMPENSATION ACT 1985 - SECT 284

Sections 89, 91 and 98C—(claims for compensation for further loss of hearing)

    (1)     Subject to subsection (2), sections 89, 91 and 98C as amended by sections 17 to 19 of the Accident Compensation (Amendment) Act 2005 apply in respect of a claim for compensation lodged under section 98C on or after 18 November 2004 irrespective of whether the further injury, the prior injury or the prior hearing loss occurred before, on or after that date.

    (2)     Despite the amendments made to sections 89, 91 and 98C by sections 17 to 19 of the Accident Compensation (Amendment) Act 2005 , sections 89, 91 and 98C as in force before the commencement of sections 15, 16 and 18 of the Accident Compensation Legislation (Amendment) Act 2004 continue to apply in respect of a claim for compensation lodged under section 98C on or before 18 November 2004 in respect of a further injury which occurred on or after 12 November 1997.

S. 285 inserted by No. 28/2005 s. 24.



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