sec.51AService credits for injured workers

sec.51A Service credits for injured workers

This section applies if— a registered worker sustains an injury, within the meaning of the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 , section 32 , while performing work for an employer; and the worker can not perform building and construction work because of the injury. The worker must be credited in the register of workers with service as if the person had been engaged in the performance of building and construction work from the day of injury until the earlier of the following— the end of 6 months after the day of injury; the worker engages in any employment on a full-time basis. s 51A ins 2000 No. 61 s 42 amd 2003 No. 27 s 622 sch 5 (sec.51A-ssec.1) This section applies if— a registered worker sustains an injury, within the meaning of the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 , section 32 , while performing work for an employer; and the worker can not perform building and construction work because of the injury. (sec.51A-ssec.2) The worker must be credited in the register of workers with service as if the person had been engaged in the performance of building and construction work from the day of injury until the earlier of the following— the end of 6 months after the day of injury; the worker engages in any employment on a full-time basis.

• (a) a registered worker sustains an injury, within the meaning of the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 , section 32 , while performing work for an employer; and
• (b) the worker can not perform building and construction work because of the injury.
• (a) the end of 6 months after the day of injury;
• (b) the worker engages in any employment on a full-time basis.