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WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1958 - SECT 67

Indemnity by third party[9]

Where the injury for which compensation has been paid and which is not recoverable under section 8 from the Motor Accidents Board was caused under circumstances creating a legal liability against a third party to pay damages in respect thereof, the person by whom the compensation was paid and any person who has been called on to pay an indemnity under the section of this Act relating to sub-contracting shall be entitled to be indemnified by the third party for such proportion of the amount of the compensation paid as is appropriate to the degree to which the injury was attributable to the act default or negligence of the third party and all questions as to the right to and the amount of any such indemnity shall in default of agreement be settled by action or if the parties consent by the County Court.

S. 68 inserted by No. 9683 s. 5.



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