Medical and related expenses
30 Medical and related expenses
Section 59A of the 1987 Act (as substituted by the 2015 amending Act) extends to the compensation payable to any injured worker in respect of any period before 4 December 2015 but not before 17 September 2012.
The following provisions of the 1987 Act do not apply with respect to any exempt medical treatment—
section 60(2A)(a),
sections 61(2), 62(1) and 63A(2).
However, subclause (1) does not affect the operation of section 60A of the 1987 Act.
In this clause—
exempt medical treatment means any treatment, service or assistance referred to in Division 3 of Part 3 of the 1987 Act in respect of which compensation has become payable under that Division—
to a retiring-age worker by reason of the amendment made to section 52 of the 1987 Act by the 2015 amending Act, or
to any injured worker by reason of the substitution of section 59A of the 1987 Act by the 2015 amending Act.
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