Western Australian Current Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 18

18 .         Employers liable to pay compensation for injuries to workers

        (1)         If an injury of a worker occurs, the employer shall, subject to this Act, be liable to pay compensation in accordance with Schedule 1.

        (2)         If an injury of a worker occurs and the worker dies, the employer shall, subject to this Act, be liable to pay compensation in accordance with Schedule 1A.

        (3)         Subsection (2) does not limit the application of Schedule 5 in relation to the death of the worker.

        [Section 18 amended: No. 42 of 2004 s. 146; No. 8 of 2018 s. 5.]