(1) This Subdivision
applies only if the cause of action arises on or after the day on which
section 79 of the Workers’ Compensation Reform Act 2004 comes into
operation.
(2) Despite subsection
(1), this Subdivision applies to a worker who claims to be suffering an injury
attributable to the inhalation of asbestos if, on or after 14 November 2005
—
(a) the
worker seeks to agree the worker’s degree of permanent whole of person
impairment for the purposes of section 93K; or
(b) an
assessment of a medical panel to evaluate the worker’s degree of
permanent whole of person impairment is sought under section 93R.
[Section 93I inserted: No. 42 of 2004 s. 79;
amended: No. 20 of 2005 s. 22.]