68E

Claim for compensation—serious lung injury

Current

(1)

Despite section 197(2), the Authority or a self‑insurer may receive a claim for compensation under Division 5 of Part 5 for a serious lung injury at any time after the date of the injury.

(2)

For the purposes of subsection (1), the Authority or self-insurer, having regard to any relevant matter including medical evidence, must be satisfied that—

(a)

the degree of impairment from the injury is unlikely to stabilise; and

(b)

the injury requires treatment with lung transplant surgery.

S. 68F inserted by No. 10/2022 s. 62.

This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandum Second reading speech

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