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About this republication
The republished law
This is a republication of the Corrections Management Regulation 2010, made under the
Corrections Management Act 2007 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act
2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 6 December 2025. It also includes any
commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to 6 December 2025.
The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3
and 4.
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Contents
Page
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Name of regulation 2
3 Dictionary 2
4 Notes 2
5 Offences against regulation—application of Criminal Code etc 3
Part 2 Compensation and injury management for
detainees etc—Act, s 220 (2)
Division 2.1 Preliminary
6 Definitions—pt 2 4
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7 Meaning of injury—pt 2 5
Division 2.2 Entitlement to compensation
8 General entitlement to compensation for injury 5
Division 2.3 Compensation for loss
9 Compensation for loss generally 6
10 Compensation for 2 or more losses 7
11 Compensation and left-handedness 7
12 Compensation for combination of items 8
13 Compensation for only arm, leg, hand or foot 8
14 Compensation for loss of sexual organs 8
15 Loss of bowel function 9
16 Proportionate loss of use 9
17 Special provisions for HIV/AIDS 9
18 Deduction for previous injury or pre-existing condition 10
19 Further loss and deductible proportions 11
20 Loss of hearing because of age 11
21 No compensation for less than 6% hearing loss 11
22 Limited entitlement if death happens within 3 months 13
Division 2.4 Compensation for medical treatment, damage and
other costs
23 Liability for medical treatment etc 14
24 Reimbursement for costs of medical certificate and examination 15
Division 2.5 Compensation for death
25 Death benefits 15
26 Payment to public trustee and guardian of lump sum death benefits 16
Division 2.6 Exceptions to entitlements to compensation
27 When is compensation generally not payable? 17
Division 2.7 Injury management process
Subdivision 2.7.1 Preliminary
28 Definitions—div 2.7 18
Subdivision 2.7.2 General obligations
29 Register of injuries 18
30 Injury notice 19
31 Liability not affected 20
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Subdivision 2.7.3 Obligations in relation to personal injury plans
32 Personal injury plan for injured person with significant injury 20
33 Vocational rehabilitation 21
34 Injured person’s personal injury plan obligations 21
Subdivision 2.7.4 Compensation and common law damages
35 No compensation if damages received 21
Division 2.8 Making a claim for compensation
36 Making a claim 22
37 Time for making claim 23
38 Medical assessment 23
39 Assessment by medical specialist—request by other than nominated
treating doctor 23
40 Specialist’s report about assessment 24
Division 2.9 Resolving compensation disputes
41 Application to ACAT 25
42 Medical referees 25
43 Only 1 medical referee for application 25
44 Medical referee to review medical evidence etc 26
45 Medical referee’s report 26
Part 3 Miscellaneous
46 Information about entitlements and obligations—Act, s 66 (1) (f) 27
47 Case management plans—scope etc—Act, s 78 (3) (h) 27
48 Meaning of disciplinary breach—Act, s 152 (y) 27
49 Reparation—Act, s 185 (3) (b) 28
50 Prescribed entities—Act, s 222 (3) (f) 28
51 Approved dogs—Act, dict, def corrections dog 30
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Schedule 1 Compensation for loss 31
Dictionary 35
Endnotes
1 About the endnotes 37
2 Abbreviation key 37
3 Legislation history 38
4 Amendment history 39
5 Earlier republications 41
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Part 1 Preliminary
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1 Name of regulation
This regulation is the Corrections Management Regulation 2010.
3 Dictionary
The dictionary at the end of this regulation is part of this regulation.
Note 1 The dictionary at the end of this regulation defines certain terms used in
this regulation, and includes references (signpost definitions) to other
terms defined elsewhere in this regulation.
For example, the signpost definition ‘compensable injury, for part 2
(Compensation and injury management for detainees etc—Act,
s 220 (2))—see section 6.’ means that the term ‘compensable injury’ is
defined in that section for part 2.
Note 2 A definition in the dictionary (including a signpost definition) applies to
the entire regulation unless the definition, or another provision of the
regulation, provides otherwise or the contrary intention otherwise appears
(see Legislation Act, s 155 and s 156 (1)).
4 Notes
A note included in this regulation is explanatory and is not part of this
regulation.
Note See the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.
Preliminary Part 1
Section 5
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5 Offences against regulation—application of Criminal
Code etc
Other legislation applies in relation to offences against this
regulation.
Note 1 Criminal Code
The Criminal Code, ch 2 applies to all offences against this regulation
(see Code, pt 2.1).
The chapter sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility
(including burdens of proof and general defences), and defines terms used
for offences to which the Code applies (eg conduct, intention,
recklessness and strict liability).
Note 2 Penalty units
The Legislation Act, s 133 deals with the meaning of offence penalties
that are expressed in penalty units.
Part 2 Compensation and injury management for detainees etc—Act, s 220 (2)
Division 2.1 Preliminary
Section 6
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Part 2 Compensation and injury
management for detainees etc—
Act, s 220 (2)
Division 2.1 Preliminary
6 Definitions—pt 2
In this part:
compensable injury means an injury in relation to which
compensation is payable under this part.
injured person means a person who suffers a compensable injury.
loss, in relation to a thing—
(a) means—
(i) the loss of the thing; or
(ii) the permanent loss of the use, or efficient use, of the thing;
and
(b) includes the following:
(i) permanent musculoskeletal impairment, or another
permanent impairment;
(ii) a loss, damage, impairment, disfigurement or disease
mentioned in schedule 1 (Compensation for loss).
maximum loss amount means the amount that would be the
maximum loss amount under the Workers Compensation Act 1951,
section 50 if compensation were payable for the compensable injury
under that Act.
rehabilitation services includes training and retraining services.
Compensation and injury management for detainees etc—Act, s 220 (2) Part 2
Entitlement to compensation Division 2.2
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single loss amount means the amount that would be the single loss
amount under the Workers Compensation Act 1951, section 49 if
compensation were payable for the compensable injury under that
Act.
7 Meaning of injury—pt 2
(1) In this part:
injury means a physical or mental injury (including stress), and
includes aggravation, acceleration or recurrence of a pre-existing
injury.
(2) In this section:
mental injury (including stress) does not include a mental injury
(including stress) completely or mostly caused by reasonable action
taken, or proposed to be taken, by the director-general, or a
corrections officer, in relation to the discipline of a detainee or
offender.
Division 2.2 Entitlement to compensation
8 General entitlement to compensation for injury
(1) The Territory is liable to pay compensation under this part if—
(a) a detainee suffers an injury that arises out of, or in the course of,
the detainee’s detention; or
(b) an offender—
(i) has been directed to do community service work under the
Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005, section 91;
and
(ii) suffers an injury that arises out of, or in the course of, the
work.
Part 2 Compensation and injury management for detainees etc—Act, s 220 (2)
Division 2.3 Compensation for loss
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(2) However, if the injury is caused by a disease, the injury is taken to
have arisen out of, or in the course of, the detainee’s detention or the
offender’s work only if the detention or work substantially
contributes to the injury.
(3) Also, an injury suffered by a detainee or offender partly or completely
because the detainee or offender had any of the following pre-existing
conditions is taken to have arisen out of, or in the course of, the
detainee’s detention or the offender’s work only if the detention or
work substantially contributes to the injury:
(a) diseased heart valve;
(b) coronary artery disease;
(c) aortic aneurism;
(d) cerebral aneurism.
Division 2.3 Compensation for loss
9 Compensation for loss generally
(1) An injured person who has suffered a loss mentioned in an item of
schedule 1 as the result of a compensable injury is entitled to receive
from the Territory, as compensation for the loss, the percentage of the
single loss amount mentioned in that item.
(2) For this section, the loss is to be worked out when the last of the
following happens:
(a) the Territory became liable to pay compensation;
(b) it is unlikely that there will be an improvement or further
improvement in the use, or efficient use, of the injured part of
the body.
Compensation and injury management for detainees etc—Act, s 220 (2) Part 2
Compensation for loss Division 2.3
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(3) If a payment of compensation under this part has been made in
relation to a compensable injury, nothing prevents a further payment
of compensation under this part from being made in relation to the
same injury if there is an increase in the loss of the efficient use of the
injured part of the body.
Example—loss of efficient use of injured part of body
a loss, or further loss, of sight in an injured eye
10 Compensation for 2 or more losses
An injured person who has suffered 2 or more losses mentioned in
schedule 1 (Compensation for loss) because of a compensable injury
is not entitled to receive as compensation under this part more than
the maximum loss amount for the losses.
11 Compensation and left-handedness
If an injured person’s left arm or hand is the person’s dominant limb,
in working out the loss for the person—
(a) the loss of the person’s left arm, left hand or fingers of left hand
is to be compensated as if it is the loss of the person’s right arm,
right hand or fingers of right hand; and
(b) the loss of the person’s right arm, right hand or fingers of right
hand is to be compensated as if it is the loss of the person’s left
arm, left hand or fingers of left hand.
Part 2 Compensation and injury management for detainees etc—Act, s 220 (2)
Division 2.3 Compensation for loss
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12 Compensation for combination of items
If a loss (other than the impairment of the back, neck or pelvis) may
be compensated by a combination of items in schedule 1
(Compensation for loss) or by a proportionate loss of a single item,
the loss is to be compensated by a proportionate loss of the single
item.
Examples
1 Loss of 2 or more fingers is compensated as a proportionate loss of the hand.
2 Loss of a hand includes the loss of the thumb and other fingers of the hand and
is compensated as a loss, or proportionate loss, of the hand.
3 Loss of an arm at or above the elbow includes the loss of the arm below the
elbow and loss of the hand and is compensated as a loss, or a proportionate
loss, of the arm at or above the elbow.
4 Loss of a leg at or above the knee includes the loss of the leg below the knee
and loss of the foot and is compensated as a loss, or a proportionate loss, of
the leg at or above the knee.
5 Loss of a leg below the knee includes the loss of the foot and is to be
compensated as a loss, or a proportionate loss, of the leg below the knee.
13 Compensation for only arm, leg, hand or foot
Loss of an only arm, leg, hand or foot is treated under schedule 1 as
the loss of both arms, legs, hands or feet.
14 Compensation for loss of sexual organs
The following percentages of the single loss amount are payable for
the loss of sexual organs (subject to the maximum percentage of 47%
and without limiting compensation for the loss of another sexual
organ):
(a) the percentage payable for loss of the penis is 47%;
(b) the percentage payable for loss of 1 testicle is 10%;
(c) the percentage payable for loss of 2 testicles or an only testicle
is 47%.
Compensation and injury management for detainees etc—Act, s 220 (2) Part 2
Compensation for loss Division 2.3
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15 Loss of bowel function
To work out whether and to what extent an injured person has
suffered permanent loss of bowel function—
(a) the bowel is taken to include the anal sphincter; and
(b) permanent ileostomy and permanent colostomy are each taken
to constitute permanent loss of bowel function for which the
maximum percentage is payable.
16 Proportionate loss of use
(1) If a loss suffered by an injured person consists of the loss of a
proportion, but not all, of a thing mentioned in schedule 1
(Compensation for loss), a percentage of the compensation payable
for the total loss of the thing equal to the percentage lost by the person
is payable as compensation under section 9 (Compensation for loss
generally).
Note This section does not apply to a loss that is HIV infection or AIDS
(see s 17).
(2) In working out the extent of the loss of the thing, the extent to which
the loss, or the effect of the loss, may be reduced or limited by an
external removable aid or appliance is not to be taken into account.
(3) The amount of compensation payable for a particular case must,
unless decided by agreement, be worked out by conciliation or
arbitration under this part.
17 Special provisions for HIV/AIDS
(1) Compensation is not payable under section 9 (Compensation for loss
generally) for a loss that is related to HIV infection or AIDS if the
HIV or AIDS was contracted during voluntary sexual activity or illicit
drug use.
(2) Section 16 does not apply to a loss that is HIV infection or AIDS.
Part 2 Compensation and injury management for detainees etc—Act, s 220 (2)
Division 2.3 Compensation for loss
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(3) In this section:
AIDS means Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
HIV infection means an infection by the Human Immunodeficiency
Virus.
18 Deduction for previous injury or pre-existing condition
(1) In working out the compensation payable under this part for a loss
(the initial loss), an amount must be deducted from the compensation
(the deductible proportion) for any proportion of the loss attributable
to—
(a) a previous injury (whether or not it is an injury for which
compensation has been paid, or is payable, under this part); or
(b) a pre-existing condition or abnormality.
(2) In subsection (1), it does not matter whether the initial loss is a total
or partial loss.
(3) If there is a deductible proportion for a loss but the extent of the
deductible proportion (or a part of it) will be difficult or costly to work
out, it is to be assumed that the deductible proportion for the loss (or
the relevant part of the loss) is 10% of the loss, unless this assumption
is contrary to the available evidence.
Example
If this subsection requires it to be assumed that the deductible proportion in relation
to a particular loss is 10% and the loss is 30% of the loss of the use of the right arm,
the deductible proportion for the loss is 3% (that is, 10% of 30%).
(4) However, section 20 must be used to work out how much (if any) of
an injured person’s hearing loss is caused by age.
Compensation and injury management for detainees etc—Act, s 220 (2) Part 2
Compensation for loss Division 2.3
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19 Further loss and deductible proportions
(1) This section applies in working out the compensation payable for a
further loss (the further loss) resulting from an initial loss.
(2) An amount proportionate to the deductible proportion of the initial
loss must be deducted from the compensation payable for the further
loss.
(3) A deduction under subsection (2) in relation to a further loss is in
addition to, not in substitution for, any deductible proportion for the
further loss.
20 Loss of hearing because of age
(1) This section applies in working out the percentage of the decrease of
hearing in relation to boilermakers deafness of an injured person who
is the prescribed age or older, but does not apply to total hearing loss
in either of the person’s ears.
(2) For this part, it is to be conclusively presumed that the injured
person’s loss of hearing to be attributed to loss of hearing because of
age is 0.5 decibels for each complete year of the person’s age over the
prescribed age.
(3) In this section:
prescribed age means—
(a) for a male—55 years old; or
(b) for a female—65 years old.
21 No compensation for less than 6% hearing loss
(1) An injured person is not entitled to compensation under section 9
(Compensation for loss generally) for a loss of hearing because of
boilermakers deafness (the hearing loss) if the person’s total hearing
loss is less than 6%.
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Division 2.3 Compensation for loss
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(2) However, the injured person is entitled to compensation for the
hearing loss if the total hearing loss reaches 6% or more.
Example
Assume all hearing losses mentioned in this example are because of boilermakers
deafness.
An injured person suffers a hearing loss of 3% (the first hearing loss that the person
has suffered). No compensation is payable under section 9 for the loss because it
is less than 6%, although notice of injury may be given or a claim may be made for
the hearing loss.
The injured person suffers a further hearing loss of 6%, bringing the total loss to
9%. The total loss has now passed the 6% threshold and compensation is payable
for the full 9%. Compensation for the initial 3% hearing loss will be payable for the
earlier incident if the person made a claim or gave notice of injury for the initial
hearing loss.
The injured person suffers a further hearing loss of 6%. The person is entitled in the
usual way to compensation for the 6% further loss because the 6% threshold has
already been passed (the total loss is now 15%).
Note Section 30 (Injury notice) applies to a hearing loss even if it is not
immediately compensable because of this section.
(3) In working out the percentage hearing loss because of boilermakers
deafness, the loss of hearing is to be worked out as a proportionate
loss of hearing of both ears, even if the loss is in 1 ear only.
(4) A lawyer or agent who acts for an injured person on a claim for
compensation for loss of hearing because of boilermakers deafness is
not entitled to recover costs from the person or the Territory in
relation to the claim if no compensation is payable on the claim
because the person’s total hearing loss is less than 6%.
(5) In this section:
total hearing loss means the total of the present loss and all previous
losses of hearing because of boilermakers deafness.
Compensation and injury management for detainees etc—Act, s 220 (2) Part 2
Compensation for loss Division 2.3
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22 Limited entitlement if death happens within 3 months
(1) This section applies if—
(a) an injured person has received a compensable injury; and
(b) the person dies within 3 months after receiving the compensable
injury because of the compensable injury or another injury
received at the same time.
(2) The injured person is not entitled to receive compensation for the
compensable injury under the following items of schedule 1
(Compensation for loss):
(a) item 2 (loss of sense of taste or smell);
(b) item 3 (loss of senses of taste and smell);
(c) item 41 (loss of sexual organs);
(d) item 42 (loss of both breasts);
(e) item 43 (loss of 1 breast);
(f) item 44 (permanent and total loss of capacity to engage in sexual
intercourse);
(g) item 49 (severe facial disfigurement);
(h) item 50 (severe bodily disfigurement).
Part 2 Compensation and injury management for detainees etc—Act, s 220 (2)
Division 2.4 Compensation for medical treatment, damage and other costs
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Division 2.4 Compensation for medical treatment,
damage and other costs
23 Liability for medical treatment etc
(1) The Territory is liable to pay—
(a) in relation to the cost of medical treatment reasonably received
in relation to a compensable injury—an amount of
compensation appropriate for the provision of the medical
treatment, having regard to the charges customarily made for
similar medical treatment where the treatment is received; and
(b) in relation to the cost of rehabilitation services received by an
injured person in relation to the injury under the person’s
personal injury plan—the cost of the services in accordance with
the plan; and
(c) in relation to any damage to, or loss of, an injured person’s
clothing sustained in association with the injury—compensation
of a reasonable amount for the repair or replacement of the
damaged or lost clothing.
Note 1 Rehabilitation services include training and retraining services—see s 6,
def rehabilitation services.
Note 2 Div 2.7 (Injury management process) deals with personal injury plans.
Note 3 The director-general may make a corrections policy in relation to the
payment of transport and accommodation expenses associated with
treatment (see Act, s 14).
(2) This section does not entitle an injured person to claim an amount as
compensation for the cost of medical treatment if the Territory has
provided the treatment without cost to the person.
(3) In this section:
personal injury plan—see section 28.
Compensation and injury management for detainees etc—Act, s 220 (2) Part 2
Compensation for death Division 2.5
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24 Reimbursement for costs of medical certificate and
examination
(1) Obtaining a medical certificate, and any examination required for the
certificate, is taken to be medical or related treatment for this part if
an injured person gives the director-general a copy of the certificate.
(2) In this section:
medical certificate means a report or certificate, from a doctor, that
certifies—
(a) that an injured person has suffered a loss mentioned in schedule
1 (Compensation for loss); or
(b) the extent of the loss to allow the amount of compensation
payable for the loss to be worked out.
Division 2.5 Compensation for death
25 Death benefits
(1) This section applies to the death of an injured person for which
compensation is payable under this part.
(2) The dependants of the injured person are entitled to the following:
(a) a single lump sum payment to be divided between the
dependants equal to the amount that would be payable under the
Workers Compensation Act 1951, section 77 (2) (a) if
compensation were payable for the death under that Act;
(b) for each dependant who is a child—weekly compensation equal
to the amount that would be payable under the Workers
Compensation Act 1951, section 77 (2) (b) if compensation were
payable for the death under that Act;
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Division 2.5 Compensation for death
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(c) the funeral expenses of the injured person to a maximum of the
amount that would be payable under the Workers Compensation
Act 1951, section 77 (2) (c) if compensation were payable for
the death under that Act.
(3) In working out for this part whether or not a child is, or was,
dependent on the earnings of the injured person, any family tax
benefit within the meaning of the A New Tax System (Family
Assistance) Act 1999 (Cwlth), section 3 (definitions) in relation to the
child must be disregarded.
(4) A dependant may apply to the ACAT to divide the lump sum payment
under subsection (2) (a).
(5) On application by a dependant, the ACAT may divide the lump sum
payment under subsection (2) (a) between the dependants as the
ACAT considers appropriate.
(6) Compensation under subsection (2) (b) is payable only while the
person receiving it is a child.
(7) If the injured person did not have dependants, the personal
representative of the person is entitled to a maximum of $4 000 cpi
indexed for the funeral expenses of the person.
(8) In this section:
cpi indexed—see the Workers Compensation Act 1951, section 20.
26 Payment to public trustee and guardian of lump sum
death benefits
(1) A payment mentioned in section 25 (2) (a) (the lump sum) must be
paid to the public trustee and guardian.
Compensation and injury management for detainees etc—Act, s 220 (2) Part 2
Exceptions to entitlements to compensation Division 2.6
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(2) The public trustee and guardian must, until the lump sum is paid to
the person entitled to it, deal with it under the Public Trustee and
Guardian Act 1985, section 25 (3) (Payment of money etc to public
trustee and guardian on behalf of person under disability) as if the
lump sum were money payable as compensation under the Workers
Compensation Act 1951.
(3) The receipt of the public trustee and guardian is a sufficient discharge
for the amount paid in.
Division 2.6 Exceptions to entitlements to
compensation
27 When is compensation generally not payable?
(1) This section applies if, apart from this section, compensation in
relation to an injury to an injured person is payable under this part.
(2) Compensation is not payable if the injury to, or death of, the injured
person is caused by an intentionally self-inflicted injury.
(3) Compensation is not payable if it is proved that the injury to the
injured person is attributable to the person’s serious and wilful
misconduct.
(4) In subsection (3), the personal injury received by the injured person
is attributable to the serious and wilful misconduct of the person if—
(a) at the time of the injury, the person was under the influence of
alcohol or another drug, unless the alcohol or other drug did not
contribute to the injury or was not consumed or taken
voluntarily; or
(b) the injury was otherwise attributable to the serious and wilful
misconduct of the person.
(5) In this section:
drug—see the Road Transport (Alcohol and Drugs) Act 1977,
dictionary.
Part 2 Compensation and injury management for detainees etc—Act, s 220 (2)
Division 2.7 Injury management process
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Division 2.7 Injury management process
Subdivision 2.7.1 Preliminary
28 Definitions—div 2.7
In this division:
injury management means a process that consists of activities and
procedures that are carried out or established to achieve a timely, safe
and durable return to working capacity for injured people.
personal injury plan, for an injured person, means a plan for
coordinating and managing the aspects of injury management that
relate to medical treatment and rehabilitation services for the person
to achieve a timely, safe and durable return to working capacity for
the person.
Subdivision 2.7.2 General obligations
29 Register of injuries
(1) The director-general must keep a register of injuries (the register).
(2) A corrections officer must, if asked by an injured person, or a person
acting on the injured person’s behalf, enter in the register details of
an injury received by the injured person.
(3) If details of the injury are entered in the register as soon as possible
after the injury happens, the entry is taken to be notice of the injury
given to the director-general by the injured person for this part.
(4) A person must not change, damage, deface, remove or otherwise
interfere with the register.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(5) An offence against subsection (4) is a strict liability offence.
Compensation and injury management for detainees etc—Act, s 220 (2) Part 2
Injury management process Division 2.7
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(6) This section does not prevent the alteration of the register to correct
an error of fact.
30 Injury notice
(1) An injured person must tell a corrections officer that the person has
been injured as soon as possible after being injured.
(2) The corrections officer must—
(a) help the injured person complete a notice of the injury (an injury
notice); or
(b) if the injured person is unable to complete an injury notice—
complete an injury notice for the injured person.
(3) An injury notice must state—
(a) the name and address of the injured person; and
(b) the cause of the injury (in ordinary language); and
(c) the date and time the injury happened; and
(d) if the injured person is not a detainee in a correctional centre—
the name and address of the person’s treating doctor or, if there
is no treating doctor, a doctor who has treated the person for the
injury.
(4) The injured person must, as soon as possible after the injury notice is
completed, give a copy of it to—
(a) the director-general; and
(b) the ACT Insurance Authority; and
(c) if the injured person is a detainee in a correctional centre—the
doctor appointed for the correctional centre under the Act,
section 21 (Doctors—health service appointments); and
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Division 2.7 Injury management process
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(d) if the injured person is not a detainee in a correctional centre—
the person’s treating doctor or, if there is no treating doctor, a
doctor who has treated the person for the injury.
31 Liability not affected
None of the following things done by the director-general is an
admission of liability by the Territory under this part or independently
of this part:
(a) anything done under or for a personal injury plan;
(b) anything done in relation to the assessment of an injured person
for rehabilitation services or employment or the provision or
arrangement of services or other measures for the rehabilitation
or suitable employment of injured people (whether done under
a return-to-work program or otherwise).
Subdivision 2.7.3 Obligations in relation to personal injury
plans
32 Personal injury plan for injured person with significant
injury
(1) If it appears to the director-general that the injury to an injured person
is a significant injury, the director-general must establish a personal
injury plan for the person.
(2) The personal injury plan must be established in agreement with the
director-general and the injured person, to the maximum extent that
their cooperation and participation allow.
(3) The director-general must give effect to the personal injury plan
established for the injured person and, for that purpose, must comply
with the obligations imposed on the director-general under the plan.
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Injury management process Division 2.7
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(4) In this section:
significant injury means an injury that is likely to result in the injured
person being incapacitated for work for a continuous period of longer
than 7 days, whether or not any of those days are business days and
whether or not the incapacity is total or partial or a combination of
both.
33 Vocational rehabilitation
The director-general must ensure, as far as possible, that vocational
rehabilitation provided or arranged for an injured person under a
personal injury plan is of a kind that may reasonably be thought likely
to lead to a real prospect of employment for the injured person.
34 Injured person’s personal injury plan obligations
(1) An injured person must take part and cooperate in the establishment
of a personal injury plan for the person.
(2) The injured person must comply with reasonable obligations imposed
on the person under the person’s personal injury plan, including any
obligation to receive medical treatment or rehabilitation services.
Subdivision 2.7.4 Compensation and common law
damages
35 No compensation if damages received
(1) Compensation under this part is not payable in relation to an injured
person’s injury or death to the extent that, independently of this part,
a judgment or agreement for damages (independent damages) has
been obtained in relation to the injury or death.
(2) If a person receives compensation in relation to an injured person’s
injury or death and later receives independent damages in relation to
the injury or death, the Territory is entitled to recover from the person
the recoverable amount.
Part 2 Compensation and injury management for detainees etc—Act, s 220 (2)
Division 2.8 Making a claim for compensation
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(3) For subsection (2), the recoverable amount is the lesser of the
following:
(a) the amount of compensation;
(b) the amount of the independent damages.
(4) If an amount of compensation is paid in relation to a lump sum claim,
subsection (3) (a) applies as if the reference to the amount of
compensation paid by the Territory included a reference to any legal
costs as between party and party that the Territory is liable to pay in
relation to the claim.
Division 2.8 Making a claim for compensation
36 Making a claim
(1) An injured person may claim compensation by completing a claim
form (a claim for compensation).
(2) The injured person must give the claim for compensation to—
(a) the director-general; and
(b) the ACT Insurance Authority; and
(c) if the injured person is a detainee in a correctional centre—the
doctor appointed for the correctional centre under the Act,
section 21 (Doctors—health service appointments); and
(d) if the injured person is not a detainee in a correctional centre—
the person’s treating doctor or, if there is no treating doctor, a
doctor who has treated the person for the injury.
(3) The claim for compensation must be accompanied by a medical
assessment of the injured person.
(4) A claim is made on the day the claim for compensation is given to the
ACT Insurance Authority.
Compensation and injury management for detainees etc—Act, s 220 (2) Part 2
Making a claim for compensation Division 2.8
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37 Time for making claim
(1) A claim for compensation in relation to an injury may not be made
earlier than 2 years after the injury.
(2) However, the claim may be made earlier than 2 years after the injury
if—
(a) the ACAT allows the claim to be made; or
(b) the injury has stabilised.
(3) The ACAT may allow the claim to be made earlier than 2 years after
the injury only if satisfied that an early application is justified by the
severity of the injury or the prospect of the injured person’s imminent
death.
38 Medical assessment
A medical assessment of an injured person must be carried out using
medical guidelines approved under the Workers Compensation
Regulation 2002, section 5 (1) (b).
39 Assessment by medical specialist—request by other than
nominated treating doctor
(1) This section does not apply to a request by an injured person’s treating
doctor for a medical assessment of the worker by a medical specialist.
(2) The following (the requesting person) may ask a medical specialist
to do a medical assessment of an injured person:
(a) the injured person;
(b) the injured person’s lawyer;
(c) the director-general;
(d) the ACT Insurance Authority.
Part 2 Compensation and injury management for detainees etc—Act, s 220 (2)
Division 2.8 Making a claim for compensation
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(3) At least 2 weeks before the day of the medical assessment, written
notice of the request must be given—
(a) if the request is made by the injured person or the person’s
lawyer—to the director-general and the ACT Insurance
Authority; or
(b) if the request is made by the director-general or the ACT
Insurance Authority—to the injured person and the person’s
lawyer.
(4) Subsection (3) does not prevent a medical assessment of the injured
person happening with less than the 2 weeks notice if the parties agree
to the shorter notice.
(5) The notice must state—
(a) the reasons for the request (including a brief description of any
particular thing that led to the request); and
(b) why the medical specialist is the appropriate specialist to do the
medical assessment.
(6) The requesting person, and each person given notice under subsection
(3), must give all medical evidence about the injured person to which
they have access to the medical specialist at least 2 working days
before the day of the medical assessment.
Note Medical evidence, for an injured person—see the dictionary.
40 Specialist’s report about assessment
(1) A medical specialist who assesses an injured person following a
request under section 39 (2) must prepare a report about the medical
assessment.
(2) If the medical specialist’s assessment differs from the medical
evidence about the injured person, the report must state—
(a) how the assessment differs and why; and
Compensation and injury management for detainees etc—Act, s 220 (2) Part 2
Resolving compensation disputes Division 2.9
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(b) why the medical specialist’s assessment is preferable.
(3) If there is no difference between the medical specialist’s assessment
and the medical evidence, the report must say there is no difference.
(4) The requesting person must give a copy of the report to each person
to whom the requesting person must give notice under section 39 (3)
within 5 working days after the day the report is given to the
requesting person.
Division 2.9 Resolving compensation disputes
41 Application to ACAT
(1) This section applies if an injured person and the director-general
cannot agree on the amount of compensation the Territory is liable to
pay the person under this part.
(2) The injured person may apply to the ACAT to determine the amount
of compensation the Territory is liable to pay.
42 Medical referees
(1) The ACAT may ask a medical referee to help the tribunal to assess a
medical matter in an application.
(2) The ACAT may ask a medical referee to report on a medical matter
in, or arising from, an application.
43 Only 1 medical referee for application
(1) The same medical referee must help the tribunal throughout an
application.
(2) However, another medical referee may help the tribunal if the medical
referee is unavailable for any reason.
Part 2 Compensation and injury management for detainees etc—Act, s 220 (2)
Division 2.9 Resolving compensation disputes
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44 Medical referee to review medical evidence etc
A medical referee for an application must—
(a) review the medical evidence about the injured person; and
(b) review any relevant approved medical guidelines or clinically
relevant research about the person’s injury; and
(c) apply the referee’s clinical expertise to the review under
paragraphs (a) and (b); and
(d) do a medical assessment of the injured person, unless the referee
considers it unnecessary; and
(e) prepare a referee’s report for the application.
45 Medical referee’s report
(1) A medical referee’s report for an application must state—
(a) the results of the referee’s assessment of the injured person’s
injury; and
(b) if the referee’s assessment differs from the medical evidence
about the injured person’s injury—
(i) how the assessment differs and why; and
(ii) why the referee’s assessment is preferable; and
(c) if the referee considered it unnecessary to assess the injured
person—why the referee did not consider it necessary.
Example—why assessment may differ
The medical evidence does not take into account relevant approved medical
guidelines or clinically relevant research.
(2) If there is no difference between the medical referee’s assessment and
the medical evidence, the report must say there is no difference.
Miscellaneous Part 3
Section 46
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Part 3 Miscellaneous
46 Information about entitlements and obligations—Act,
s 66 (1) (f)
The procedure for reporting work-related injuries and claiming
compensation is prescribed.
47 Case management plans—scope etc—Act, s 78 (3) (h)
A personal injury plan under division 2.7 (Injury management
process) is prescribed.
48 Meaning of disciplinary breach—Act, s 152 (y)
The following are prescribed:
(a) failing to maintain an acceptable standard of behaviour towards
people, including behaving in an obscene, indecent, offensive,
racist or disorderly manner;
(b) failing to comply with health, hygiene and dress standards,
including keeping a cell, room or cottage in good order, and
keeping clothing and bedding, and any other article issued to the
detainee, clean and in good order;
(c) leaving a location without the approval of the director-general
or a corrections officer;
(d) feigning illness;
(e) entering another detainee’s cell, room or cottage unit without a
corrections officer’s approval;
(f) going within 10 metres of a fence separating different areas of
the Alexander Maconochie Centre without a corrections
officer’s approval;
(g) if the detainee is housed in a cottage—going within 10 metres
of a cell block without a corrections officer’s approval;
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(h) if the detainee is housed in a cottage—passing an item to, or
receiving an item from, a detainee housed in a cell block;
(i) failing to attend a muster;
(j) failing to comply with the Corrections Management (Visits)
Policy 2009 (NI2009-166);
(k) failing to comply with the Corrections Management (Prisoner
Telephone) Policy 2009 (NI2009-154).
49 Reparation—Act, s 185 (3) (b)
The amount of $500 is prescribed.
50 Prescribed entities—Act, s 222 (3) (f)
(1) The Commonwealth department responsible for administering social
services legislation is prescribed for the relevant protected
information about a detainee, if the information is reasonably
necessary—
(a) to ensure the proper care or housing of a person who is or is
likely to be provided with services by or on behalf of the
department; or
(b) to decide the detainee’s eligibility to receive a Commonwealth
payment or allowance.
(2) The Commonwealth department responsible for administering the
Migration Act 1958 (Cwlth) is prescribed for the relevant protected
information about a detainee, if the information is reasonably
necessary for the purpose of deciding whether the detainee is eligible,
under that Act, to remain in Australia.
Miscellaneous Part 3
Section 50
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(3) The commissioner of taxation is prescribed for the relevant protected
information about a detainee, if the information is reasonably
necessary to assess the detainee’s liability to pay tax.
Note See the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cwlth), s 109 for
information the director-general is required to give the Commonwealth
Electoral Commissioner about certain detainees.
(4) In this section:
commissioner of taxation means the Commissioner of Taxation
established under the Taxation Administration Act 1953 (Cwlth),
section 4.
relevant protected information, about a detainee, means the
following information:
(a) the detainee’s full name, and any other name by which the
detainee is, or has previously been, known;
(b) the detainee’s date of birth;
(c) the address or area where the detainee lived before being
detained;
(d) the name of the correctional centre where the detainee is being
detained;
(e) the detainee’s offender identification number;
(f) the date the detainee’s detention started;
(g) the date the detainee’s detention is expected to end;
(h) if the information is for an entity mentioned in subsection (1)—
(i) the detainee’s Centrelink card number; and
(ii) the type of Commonwealth payment or allowance the
detainee received before the detainee’s detention started;
and
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(iii) for a detainee under 19 years old—the name of the person
who received a Commonwealth payment or allowance
relating to the detainee before the detainee’s detention
started; and
(iv) the balance of the detainee’s trust account held under the
Act, section 84 (Trust accounts for detainees);
(i) if the information is for an entity mentioned in subsection (2)—
the detainee’s visa grant number or visa evidence number;
(j) if the information is for an entity mentioned in subsection (3)—
(i) the detainee’s tax file number; and
(ii) the following information relating to a return lodged by the
detainee, or the detainee’s liability to pay tax, in a financial
year during the detainee’s detention:
(A) income earned by the detainee in the financial year;
(B) any other information relevant to the detainee’s
liability to pay tax.
social services legislation means the following:
(a) the Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 (Cwlth);
(b) the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988
(Cwlth);
(c) the Social Security Act 1991 (Cwlth).
51 Approved dogs—Act, dict, def corrections dog
(1) A dog is approved if it has completed a training course approved by
the director-general.
(2) An approval of a training course is a notifiable instrument.
(3) In this section:
training course means a detector dog training course.
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Schedule 1 Compensation for loss
(see s 6, def loss and s 9)
column 1
item
column 2
nature of injury
column 3
% of single
loss amount
payable
Speech loss
1 loss of power of speech 60
Sensory loss
2 loss of sense of taste or smell 17
3 loss of senses of taste and smell 34
Hearing loss
4 loss of hearing of both ears 65
5 loss of hearing of 1 ear 20
Loss of vision
6 loss of sight of both eyes 100
7 loss of sight of an only eye 100
8 loss of sight of 1 eye, together with serious diminution of
the sight of the other eye
75
9 loss of sight of 1 eye 40
10 loss of binocular vision (if not otherwise compensable
under this schedule)
40
11 loss of eyeball (in addition to compensation for loss of
sight of the eye)
22
Arm injuries
12 loss of right arm at or above elbow 80
13 loss of right arm below elbow 75
14 loss of left arm at or above elbow 75
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column 1
item
column 2
nature of injury
column 3
% of single
loss amount
payable
15 loss of left arm below elbow 70
Hand injuries
16 loss of right hand 70
17 loss of left hand 65
18 loss of thumb of right hand 30
19 loss of thumb of left hand 26
20 loss of a joint of thumb 16
21 loss of forefinger of right hand 21
22 loss of forefinger of left hand 18
23 loss of 2 joints of forefinger of right hand 16
24 loss of 2 joints of forefinger of left hand 12
25 loss of first joint of forefinger of right hand 10
26 loss of first joint of forefinger of left hand 9
27 loss of middle finger of either hand 12
28 loss of 2 joints of middle finger of either hand 10
29 loss of first joint of middle finger of either hand 6
30 loss of little or ring finger of either hand 11
31 loss of 2 joints of little or ring finger of either hand 9
32 loss of first joint of little or ring finger of either hand 6
Leg injuries
33 loss of either leg at or above knee 75
34 loss of either leg below knee 70
Foot injuries
35 loss of a foot 65
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column 1
item
column 2
nature of injury
column 3
% of single
loss amount
payable
36 loss of great toe of either foot 22
37 loss of a joint of great toe of either foot 10
38 loss of any other toe 6
39 loss of any joint of any other toe 2
Bowel injury
40 permanent loss of bowel function 65
Loss of sexual organs etc
41 loss of sexual organs 47
42 loss of both breasts 47
43 loss of 1 breast 30
44 permanent and total loss of capacity to engage in sexual
intercourse
75
Brain damage
45 permanent brain damage if not, or not completely, an
injury otherwise compensable under this schedule
100
Permanent impairment of back, neck, pelvis
46 permanent impairment of back 60
47 permanent impairment of neck 40
48 permanent impairment of pelvis 15
Disfigurement
49 severe facial disfigurement if not, or not completely, an
injury otherwise compensable under this schedule
80
50 severe bodily disfigurement if not, or not completely, an
injury otherwise compensable under this schedule
50
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column 1
item
column 2
nature of injury
column 3
% of single
loss amount
payable
Disease
51 HIV infection (Human Immunodeficiency Virus
infection)
100
52 AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) 100
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Dictionary
(see s 3)
Note 1 The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to
this regulation.
Note 2 For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:
• ACAT
• director-general (see s 163)
• doctor
• establish
• in relation to
• lawyer
• public trustee and guardian
• the Territory.
Note 3 Terms used in this regulation have the same meaning that they have in
the Corrections Management Act 2007 (see Legislation Act, s 148). For
example, the following terms are defined in the Corrections Management
Act 2007, dict:
• correctional centre
• corrections officer
• detainee (see s 6)
• offender.
ACT Insurance Authority means the Australian Capital Territory
Insurance Authority established under the Insurance Authority
Act 2005.
compensable injury, for part 2 (Compensation and injury
management for detainees etc—Act, s 220 (2))—see section 6.
injured person, for part 2 (Compensation and injury management for
detainees etc—Act, s 220 (2))—see section 6.
injury, for part 2 (Compensation and injury management for
detainees etc—Act, s 220 (2))—see section 7.
injury management, for division 2.7 (Injury management process)—
see section 28.
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loss, in relation to a thing, for part 2 (Compensation and injury
management for detainees etc—Act, s 220 (2))—see section 6.
maximum loss amount, for part 2 (Compensation and injury
management for detainees etc—Act, s 220 (2))—see section 6.
medical evidence, for an injured person, means a record (however
described) made in relation to the person’s injury by—
(a) a doctor; or
(b) a rehabilitation provider; or
(c) a dentist, chiropractor, psychologist, masseur, osteopath,
physiotherapist, remedial kinesiologist or speech therapist.
medical referee means a medical referee appointed under the
Workers Compensation Act 1951, section 201.
medical specialist means a doctor—
(a) with specialist qualifications and experience in medicine
recognised by the relevant Australian specialist medical college;
and
(b) who practises within the specialty.
personal injury plan, for an injured person, for division 2.7 (Injury
management process)—see section 28.
rehabilitation services, for part 2 (Compensation and injury
management for detainees etc—Act, s 220 (2))—see section 6.
single loss amount, for part 2 (Compensation and injury management
for detainees etc—Act, s 220 (2))—see section 6.
Endnotes
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Endnotes
1 About the endnotes
Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the
amendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law
but are set out in the endnotes.
Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are
annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be
obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
Uncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The details
of these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are
underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.
If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered
provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.
The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.
2 Abbreviation key
A = Act NI = Notifiable instrument
AF = Approved form o = order
am = amended om = omitted/repealed
amdt = amendment ord = ordinance
AR = Assembly resolution orig = original
ch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph
CN = Commencement notice pres = present
def = definition prev = previous
DI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously
dict = dictionary pt = part
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule
Assembly reloc = relocated
div = division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No
Gaz = gazette RI = reissue
hdg = heading s = section/subsection
IA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule
ins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision
LA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law
LR = legislation register sub = substituted
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced
mod = modified/modification or to be expired
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3 Legislation history
Corrections Management Regulation 2010 SL2010-52
notified LR 17 December 2010
s 1, s 2 commenced 17 December 2010 (LA s 75 (1))
remainder commenced 18 December 2010 (s 2)
as amended by
Administrative (One ACT Public Service Miscellaneous Amendments)
Act 2011 A2011-22 sch 1 pt 1.38
notified LR 30 June 2011
s 1, s 2 commenced 30 June 2011 (LA s 75 (1))
sch 1 pt 1.38 commenced 1 July 2011 (s 2 (1))
Corrections Management Amendment Regulation 2015 (No 1)
SL2015-2
notified LR 22 January 2015
s 1, s 2 commenced 22 January 2015 (LA s 75 (1))
remainder commenced 23 January 2015 (s 2 (1))
Crimes (Sentencing and Restorative Justice) Amendment Act 2016
A2016-4 sch 1 pt 1.6
notified LR 24 February 2016
s 1, s 2 commenced 24 February 2016 (LA s 75 (1))
sch 1 pt 1.6 commenced 2 March 2016 (s 2 (1))
Protection of Rights (Services) Legislation Amendment Act 2016
(No 2) A2016-13 sch 1 pt 1.13
notified LR 16 March 2016
s 1, s 2 commenced 16 March 2016 (LA s 75 (1))
sch 1 pt 1.13 commenced 1 April 2016 (s 2 and see Protection of
Rights (Services) Legislation Amendment Act 2016 A2016-1 s 2)
Statute Law Amendment Act 2025 A2025-29 sch 4 pt 4.43
notified LR 6 November 2025
s 1, s 2 commenced 6 November 2025 (LA s 75 (1))
sch 4 pt 4.43 commenced 6 December 2025 (s 2 (5))
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Commencement
s 2 om LA s 89 (4)
Meaning of injury—pt 2
s 7 am A2011-22 amdt 1.115
Compensation for loss generally
s 9 am A2025-29 amdt 4.43
Compensation for combination of items
s 12 am A2025-29 amdt 4.43
Deduction for previous injury or pre-existing condition
s 18 am A2025-29 amdt 4.43
No compensation for less than 6% hearing loss
s 21 am A2025-29 amdt 4.43
Liability for medical treatment etc
s 23 am A2011-22 amdt 1.115
Reimbursement for costs of medical certificate and examination
s 24 am A2011-22 amdt 1.115
Payment to public trustee and guardian of lump sum death benefits
s 26 hdg am A2016-13 amdt 1.44
s 26 am A2016-13 amdt 1.45, amdt 1.46
Register of injuries
s 29 am A2011-22 amdt 1.115
Injury notice
s 30 am A2011-22 amdt 1.115
Liability not affected
s 31 am A2011-22 amdt 1.115
Personal injury plan for injured person with significant injury
s 32 am A2011-22 amdt 1.115
Vocational rehabilitation
s 33 am A2011-22 amdt 1.115
Making a claim
s 36 am A2011-22 amdt 1.115; A2025-29 amdt 4.43
Assessment by medical specialist—request by other than nominated treating
doctor
s 39 am A2011-22 amdt 1.115
Application to ACAT
s 41 am A2011-22 amdt 1.115
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Medical referee’s report
s 45 am A2025-29 amdt 4.43
Meaning of disciplinary breach—Act, s 152 (y)
s 48 am A2011-22 amdt 1.115; A2016-4 amdt 1.14; pars renum R4
LA
Prescribed entities—Act, s 222 (3) (f)
s 50 sub SL2015-2 s 4
Approved dogs—Act, dict, def corrections dog
s 51 am A2011-22 amdt 1.115; A2025-29 amdt 4.43
Dictionary
dict am A2011-22 amdt 1.116; A2016-13 amdt 1.44