22AEffect of LTCS scheme on workers compensation claims

22A Effect of LTCS scheme on workers compensation claims etc (1) This Act does not limit or otherwise affect the application of the Workers Compensation Act 1951 in relation to a work injury of an injured person who is, or is eligible to become, a participant in the LTCS scheme, except as provided by that Act.

(2) While an injured person is an interim participant in the LTCS scheme in relation to a work injury, time does not run for the Workers Compensation Act 1951, section 120 (Time for taking proceedings generally) or a provision of the Limitation Act 1985 in relation to a cause of action on a claim for damages— (a) relating to the work injury; or (b) relating to any other injury suffered by the person as a result of the work injury.

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