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CurrentWorker with terminal condition—application for compensation lodged before 28 October 2008
Chapter 24Transitional and declaratory provisions for Workplace Health and Safety and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2008
658 Worker with terminal condition—application for compensation lodged before 28 October 2008
(1)
This section applies if—
(a)
a worker lodged an application for compensation for a latent onset injury that is a terminal condition before 28 October 2008; and
(b)
the worker had received a payment of lump sum compensation under section 128B for the latent onset injury; and
(c)
the worker dies because of the latent onset injury on or after 28 October 2008.
(2)
The worker’s dependants are entitled to compensation under chapter 3, part 3, division 5 as if the worker’s application for compensation had been lodged on or after 28 October 2008.
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