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Person with compensable disease may include stepchildren in family for purposes of this Act

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Part 8Compensation Payable to Family Members

99 Person with compensable disease may include stepchildren in family for purposes of this Act

A person who has a compensable disease may notify the Commissioner, in the relevant form, that a stepchild of the person is to be treated under this Act as if he or she were a natural child of the person.

If a notification is made under subsection (1) by a person, the stepchild specified in the notification is to be taken to be a natural child of the person for the purposes of this Act.

The relevant form, for the purposes of this section, is an approved form that is – completed and signed by the person who has a compensable disease; and witnessed by a person who is not the stepchild of the person.

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