Limit on payment of medical, hospital and rehabilitation expenses
5 Limit on payment of medical, hospital and rehabilitation expenses
In the application of section 59A (Limit on payment of compensation) of the 1987 Act in respect of a claim for compensation made before 1 October 2012—
the claim is deemed to have been made immediately before 1 January 2013, and
no regard is to be had to any weekly payment of compensation paid or payable to the worker before 1 January 2013 (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. This clause ensures that for claims made before 1 October 2012 the 12 month period will commence no earlier than 1 January 2013.
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