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WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 56

56 .         When entitlement to weekly payments ceases due to age

        (1)         Subject to subsection (2) and to the exceptions in Schedule 5, an entitlement of a worker to weekly payments of compensation for incapacity for work resulting from an injury under this Act ceases —

            (a)         if the injury occurs on or before the date on which the worker attains the age of 64 — on attaining the age of 65; or

            (b)         if the injury occurs after the date on which the worker attains the age of 64 — on the date one year after the injury occurs.

        (2)         An entitlement of a worker to weekly payments of compensation for incapacity for work resulting from an injury under this Act is not to cease under subsection (1) if the injury occurs on or after the date on which the Workers’ Compensation and Injury Management Amendment Act 2011 section 88 comes into operation.

        [Section 56 amended: No. 42 of 2004 s. 146 and 147; No. 31 of 2011 s. 88.]



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