Victorian Current Acts

FIREFIGHTERS' PRESUMPTIVE RIGHTS COMPENSATION AND FIRE SERVICES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (REFORM) ACT 2019

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Purposes  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Principal Act for the purposes of Parts 3 and 4 and 6 to 9  

   PART 2--FIREFIGHTERS' PRESUMPTIVE RIGHTS COMPENSATION

           Division 1--Preliminary

   4.      Definitions  
   4A.     Meaning of vehicle and equipment maintenance employee  
   5.      Construction of Act  

           Division 2--Operation of presumption in relation to career firefighters

   6.      Rebuttable presumption as to cause of certain diseases in relation to career firefighters  
   8.      Determination as to whether a firefighter is a career firefighter for the purposes of this Division  

           Division 3--Operation of presumption in relation to volunteer firefighters

   9.      Rebuttable presumption as to cause of certain diseases in relation to volunteer firefighters  
   11.     Determination of whether a firefighter is a volunteer firefighter for the purposes of this Division  
   12.     Determination of whether section 9 requirement is met  

           Division 3A--Operation of presumption in relation to vehicle and equipment maintenance employees

   12A.    Rebuttable presumption as to cause of certain diseases in relation to vehicle and equipment maintenance employees  
   12B.    Determination of whether a person is a vehicle and equipment maintenance employee  
   12C.    Determination of whether section 12A requirement is met  

           Division 3B--Determination of the qualifying period for firefighters and vehicle and equipment maintenance employees

   12D.    Determination of the qualifying period  

           Division 4--Operation of presumption because of special consideration

   13.     Special consideration  
   14.     What is an exceptional exposure event?  
   15.     Application for special consideration  
   16.     Determination of application for special consideration  

           Division 5--General

   17.     Claim for injury occurring on or after 1 June 2016—firefighters  
   17A.    Claim for injury occurring on or after 1 June 2016—vehicle and equipment maintenance employees  
   18.     Compensation for certain diseases due to firefighting by volunteer firefighters  
   19.     Compensation under the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 and the Country Fire Authority Regulations 2014  
   20.     Establishment of advisory committee  
   21.     Payments  
   22.     Regulations  
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