3A
In forceMeaning of “relevant event”—the 1987 Act, s 8G(i)
3A Meaning of “relevant event”—the 1987 Act, s 8G(i)
(1)
A prescribed death is a relevant event.
(2)
In this clause—
prescribed death, for a worker, means the death of a person in the worker’s care if—
(a)
the person dies as the result of a traumatic incident, and
(b)
there is a real and direct connection between the person’s death and the worker’s employment, and
(c)
the person was under the immediate and primary care of the worker, at or near the worker’s workplace, when the traumatic incident occurred, and
(d)
the relationship between the person and the worker was pre-existing, ongoing and close at the time of the person’s death, and
(e)
the relationship was a requirement of the worker’s employment.
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