Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Without limiting
the generality of section 18, a worker shall be treated as having suffered
personal injury by accident arising out of or in the course of the
worker’s employment if the injury occurs —
(a)
during the worker’s attendance at a place for educational purposes if
—
(i)
the attendance is required by the worker’s terms of
employment or apprenticeship; or
(ii)
the attendance is for the purpose of, or in connection
with, the worker’s employment with the employer and the employer agrees
to the attendance;
or
(b)
during the attendance at a place for treatment or attendance of a kind
referred to in clause 17 of Schedule 1; or
(c)
during the attendance at a place for the purpose of receiving payment of
compensation to which the worker is entitled under this Act.
(2) A worker shall not
be treated as having suffered personal injury by accident arising out of or in
the course of the worker’s employment if the worker suffers an injury
—
(a)
during a journey —
(i)
between a place of residence of the worker and the
worker’s place of employment; or
(ii)
between a place of residence of the worker and a place
mentioned in subsection (1); or
(iii)
if the worker has more than one place of residence,
between those places;
or
(b)
during a journey arising out of or in the course of the worker’s
employment if the injury is incurred during, or after, any substantial
interruption of, or substantial deviation from, the journey, made for any
reason unconnected with the worker’s employment or attendance mentioned
in subsection (1).
(3) In subsection (2)
—
place of residence includes a place of temporary
residence;
substantial interruption prima facie includes any
interruption of the journey for a period of more than one hour.
[Section 19 inserted: No. 48 of 1993 s. 30.]