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CLAUSE NOTES
Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Presumption of Cause of
Disease) Bill 2017
Clause 1: Short title
Specifies the name of the proposed Act.
Clause 2: Commencement
Specifies that the Act commences on the day it receives the Royal Assent.
Clause 3: Principal Act
Specifies that the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 is referred to
as the Principal Act.
Clause 4: Section 27 amended (Presumption as to cause of certain diseases in relation to
firefighters)
Amends Section 27 of the Principal Act by removing all references to the
requirement for volunteer fire-fighters to attend a specified number of exposure
events.
The Section will also specify that volunteer fire-fighters diagnosed with a disease
which occurs between 30 October 2013 and 30 October 2017 will be subject to
the exposure event requirement. If the disease occurs on or after 31 October
2017 onwards, the new provisions will apply.
Clause 5: Section 162A inserted (Review in relation to presumption in respect of PTSD in
relation to certain workers)
Inserts a new provision into the Act, which requires the Minister for Building and
Construction to commission a review by 30 June 2018 as to whether a
presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is occupationally linked for
relevant workers should be included into the Act. The provision requires the
report to be tabled in both Houses of Parliament by 1 October 2018.
Clause 6: Repeal of Act
Repeals this amendment Act 365 days after it commences.
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