In this Division
—
date of injury has the meaning given in
section 49D(1);
FES employment , in relation to a worker, means
any period of firefighting employment during which the worker is engaged as a
member or officer of a permanent fire brigade as defined in
Fire Brigades Act 1942 section 4(1);
firefighting employment means employment by or
under the Crown in right of the State, a substantial part of the duties of
which consists of firefighting duties, which —
(a) is
covered by an industrial award or industrial agreement applicable to
firefighting; or
(b) is
prescribed to be firefighting employment for the purposes of this Act;
hazardous fire means —
(a) a
fire in a building; or
(b) a
fire in a vehicle, whether designed to move under its own power or to be towed
and whether or not still moveable; or
(c) a
fire involving non-organic refuse or rubbish created by humans; or
(d) a
fire that is prescribed to be a hazardous fire for the purposes of this
Division;
hazardous firefighting employment means —
(a) FES
employment; and
(b)
non-FES employment during which the worker attends hazardous fires at a rate
at least equivalent to the rate of 5 hazardous fires per year;
non-FES employment , in relation to a worker,
means any period of firefighting employment which is not FES employment;
qualifying period , for a specified disease, means
the period specified in Schedule 4A column 2 opposite the specified disease;
specified disease means a disease specified in
Schedule 4A column 1.
[Section 49A inserted: No. 21 of 2013 s. 4;
amended: No. 28 of 2016 s. 9.]