Parliamentary Injury Compensation Scheme Instrument 2016
10Injury arising out of or in the course of covered activities
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10 Injury arising out of or in the course of covered activities
(1) Without limiting the circumstances in which an injury to a covered person may be treated as having arisen out of, or in the course of, the person’s covered activities, an injury is to be treated as having so arisen, for the purposes of this instrument, if it was sustained:
(a) as a result of an act of violence that would not have occurred but for:
(i) the person’s position as a member or the Prime Minister’s spouse (as the case may be); or
(ii) the person’s covered activities; or
(b) while the person was at a place for the purpose of:
(i) obtaining a medical certificate for the purposes of the scheme; or
(ii) receiving medical treatment for an injury; or
(iii) undergoing a medical examination in accordance with a requirement made under the scheme, or an assessment under section 63 of the covered person’s capability of returning to work in suitable employment; or
(iv) being provided with services, facilities or equipment in accordance with section 47; or
(c) while the person was travelling to or from a place for the purpose of:
(i) obtaining a medical certificate for the purposes of the scheme; or
(ii) receiving medical treatment for an injury; or
(iii) undergoing a medical examination in accordance with a requirement made under the scheme, or an assessment under section 63 of the covered person’s capability of returning to work in suitable employment; or
(iv) being provided with services, facilities or equipment in accordance with section 47; or
(d) while the person was travelling to or from a place for the purpose of engaging in covered activities.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if a covered person is injured because he or she voluntarily and unreasonably submitted to an abnormal risk of injury.