Cessation of weekly payments after 130 weeks—primary psychological injuries
39A Cessation of weekly payments after 130 weeks—primary psychological injuries
Despite any other provision of this division, a worker has no entitlement to weekly payments of compensation under this division in relation to a primary psychological injury after an aggregate period of 130 weeks, whether or not consecutive, for which a weekly payment has been paid or is payable to the worker in relation to the primary psychological injury.
This section does not apply to an injured worker whose injury results in permanent impairment if the degree of permanent impairment resulting from the injury is at least 25%.
Note—
For workers with at least 25% permanent impairment, entitlement to compensation may continue after 130 weeks but entitlement after 130 weeks is still subject to this division.
For this section, the degree of permanent impairment that results from an injury must be assessed under—
Part 6, or
the 1998 Act, Chapter 7, Part 7.
If weekly payments of compensation become payable to a worker after compensation under this division ceases to be payable to the worker, compensation under this division is once again payable to the worker but only from the date of the worker’s further assessment.
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