26When employment is "connected with this State"

26 When employment is "connected with this State"

(1)  A worker’s employment is, in respect of a relevant employment period, connected with –

(a) the State where the worker usually worked in the employment during that period; or

(b) if no State, or no single State, is identified by paragraph (a) , the State where the worker was usually based for the purposes of the employment during that period; or

(c) if no State, or no single State, is identified by paragraph (a) or (b) , the State where the employer’s principal place of business in Australia was located during that period.

(2)  The fact that a worker is outside this Stateduring a relevant employment period does not prevent compensation being payable under this Act, if the employment is, during that period, connected with this State in accordance with this Division.

(3)  For a worker working on a ship, if no State, or no single State, is identified by subsection (1) , the worker’s employment is, while working on the ship in a relevant employment period, connected with –

(a) the State where the ship was registered during that period; or

(b) if the ship is registered in more than one State during that period, the State where the ship last became registered during that period.

(4)  For the purposes of the calculation of the worker's connection with a State, if no State is identified for a worker by the application of subsections (1) and (3) , the worker’s employment is connected with this State during a relevant employment period if –

(a) it is reasonably likely that the person was exposed to asbestos in the course of the person's employment as a worker in this State; and

(b) the worker is not entitled to compensation, in relation to an asbestos-related disease that the worker has, under a law of –

(i) an external Territory; or

(ii) a place outside Australia –