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Parliamentary Injury Compensation Scheme Instrument 2016
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14 Serious and wilful misconduct
(1) For the purposes of this instrument, a covered person who is under the influence of alcohol or a drug is taken to have engaged in serious and wilful misconduct.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a drug:
(a) prescribed for the covered person by a legally qualified medical practitioner or a legally qualified dentist; and
(b) used by the covered person in accordance with that prescription.