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116 Who this Subdivision applies to
(1) This Subdivision applies to a worker—
(a) who suffered an injury arising out of, or in the course of, or due to the nature of, employment on or after 4.00 p.m. on 31 August 1985 and before 1 December 1992; and
(b) who was—
(i) on 3 September 2001; and
(ii) on the notification date—
receiving weekly payments of compensation in respect of the injury, or who would have been entitled to receive such payments on both of those dates but for the operation of section 96(2); and
(c) who has been assessed in respect of the injury as having either—
(i) no current work capacity and as likely to continue indefinitely to have no current work capacity; or
S. 116(1)(c)(ii) amended by No. 9/2010 s. 33(3)(c).
(ii) a serious injury within the meaning of section 91E; and
(d) who had, as at 3 September 2001, received weekly payments in respect of the injury for at least 104 weeks.
(2) In this section ***notification date*** means the date on which the Authority or self-insurer receives an expression of interest from the worker under section 119.
New s. 116A inserted by No. 82/2001 s. 3.