Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) The date of
injury, in relation to a worker who has contracted a specified disease, is the
earlier of these days —
(a) the
day on which the worker becomes totally or partially incapacitated for work by
reason of the specified disease;
(b) the
day on which the worker is first diagnosed by a medical practitioner as having
contracted the specified disease.
(2) If, for the
purposes of this Act, it is necessary to determine, in the case of a worker to
whom this Division applies, when the worker’s injury occurred, the
injury is taken to have occurred on the date of injury as described in
subsection (1).
[Section 49D inserted: No. 21 of 2013 s. 4.]