Western Australian Current Regulations

MOTOR VEHICLE AND WORKPLACE ACCIDENTS (CATASTROPHIC INJURIES) REGULATIONS 2016 - REG 11

11 .         Permanent blindness

                The criteria for an injury resulting in blindness are —

            (a)         permanent legal blindness as demonstrated by —

                  (i)         visual acuity on the Snellen Scale after correction by suitable lenses being less than 6/60 in both eyes; or

                  (ii)         field of vision being constricted to 10 degrees or less of arc around central fixation in the better eye irrespective of corrected visual acuity (equivalent to 1/100 white test object); or

                  (iii)         a combination of visual defects resulting in the same degree of visual loss described in subparagraph (i) or (ii);

                and

            (b)         the injury occurs —

                  (i)         if the injury is a motor vehicle injury — on or after 1 July 2016; or

                  (ii)         if the injury is a workplace injury — on or after 1 July 2024.

        [Regulation 11 amended: SL 2024/133 r. 9.]