Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) If a worker to
whom this Division applies —
(a) as
at the date of injury, is or has been in firefighting employment for a period
of, or periods in aggregate amounting to, at least the qualifying period for
the specified disease; and
(b) is
taken to have been exposed to the hazards of a fire scene in the course of the
firefighting employment; and
(c) in
the case of a cancer of a kind mentioned in Schedule 4A item 13, satisfies the
conditions (if any) prescribed by the regulations for such a cancer,
the firefighting
employment is, for the purposes of this Act, taken to have been a contributing
factor and to have contributed to a significant degree to the specified
disease, unless the employer proves the contrary.
(2) For the purposes
of subsection (1), a worker to whom this Division applies is taken to have
been exposed to the hazards of a fire scene if the employer is satisfied that
the worker has completed a period of hazardous firefighting employment of, or
2 or more periods of hazardous firefighting employment in aggregate amounting
to, at least the lesser of —
(a) 5
years; and
(b) the
qualifying period.
[Section 49C inserted: No. 21 of 2013 s. 4;
amended: No. 28 of 2016 s. 11.]