The finding that employment was a substantial contributing factor under s9A of the Workers Compensation Act 1987 is a finding of fact — a matter of impression and degree — not appealable as a point of law under s353 of the WIM Act. Attending an employer's premises on a rostered day off for work-related purposes (such as making a complaint about a co-worker) constitutes a work activity capable of satisfying the s9A test. The 2004 amendment to s352(7) retrospectively validates remittals by Presidential members to Arbitrators.
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