Victorian Numbered Acts

ACCIDENT COMPENSATION AMENDMENT ACT 2010 (NO. 9 OF 2010) - SECT 12

In section 82 of the Accident Compensation Act 1985 , for subsection (2A) substitute —

    "(2A)     There is no entitlement to compensation in respect of an injury to a worker if the injury is a mental injury caused wholly or predominantly by any one or more of the following—

        (a)     management action taken on reasonable grounds and in a reasonable manner by or on behalf of the worker's employer; or

        (b)     a decision of the worker's employer, on reasonable grounds, to take, or not to take any management action; or

        (c)     any expectation by the worker that any management action would, or would not, be taken or a decision made to take, or not to take, any management action; or

        (d)         an application under section 81B of the Local Government Act 1989 , or proceedings as a result of that application, in relation to the conduct of a worker who is a Councillor within the meaning of section 14AA.".