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Accident Compensation Act 1985
90BCompensation for serious lung injury
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90B Compensation for serious lung injury
(1) Despite section 104B(1A), the Authority or a self-insurer may receive a claim for compensation under section 98C or 98E 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. 90C inserted by No. 10/2022 s. 3.