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WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 93EC

93EC .         Time for commencing action for damages extended in some cases

                If —

            (a)         under section 93EA(5)(b)(i) or 93EB(5)(b)(i), the Director notifies a worker that the referral of a question relating to an injury is accepted and that this section applies; and

            (b)         the time limited by any written law for the commencement of an action seeking damages in respect of the injury —

                  (i)         has elapsed before the day on which the Director notifies the worker (the notification day ); or

                  (ii)         is due to elapse on the notification day or before the expiry of a period of 2 years after the notification day,

                an action seeking damages in respect of the injury may, despite that written law, be commenced at any time before the expiry of a period of 2 years after the notification day.

        [Section 93EC inserted: No. 35 of 2004 s. 10; amended: No. 42 of 2004 s. 146 and 147.]



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