Medical, hospital and rehabilitation expenses
17 Medical, hospital and rehabilitation expenses
An amendment made by the 2012 amending Act to section 60 of the 1987 Act does not apply in respect of any treatment or service provided before the commencement of the amendment.
In the application of section 59A (Limit on payment of compensation) of the 1987 Act in respect of a claim for compensation made before the commencement of that section—
the claim is deemed to have been made immediately before the commencement of that section, and
no regard is to be had to any weekly payment of compensation paid or payable to the worker before the commencement of that section (for the purpose of determining when a worker ceased to be entitled to weekly payments of compensation).
Note.
Section 59A limits the payment of compensation to a period of 12 months after a claim for compensation is made or 12 months after weekly payments of compensation cease. Subclause (2) ensures that for existing claims the 12 month period will commence no earlier than the commencement of the section.
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