Workers’ compensation for compulsory work
62 Workers’ compensation for compulsory work
If a person who is required by an order made under this Act, or by terms specified by a juvenile justice team, to perform any work is lawfully engaged in remunerative employment, for the purposes of the Workers Compensation and Injury Management Act 2023 the person is, in respect of the work performed, to be regarded as a worker employed by the Crown and where, for the purposes of calculating the compensation payable under that Act, reference must be made to weekly earnings, the weekly earnings are to be regarded as being equal to the weekly earnings of the person in the person’s lawful employment at the relevant time.
[Section 62 amended: No. 42 of 2004 s. 174; No. 21 of 2023 s. 709(2).]
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