125Police officers to whom division applies

125 Police officers to whom division applies

125 Police officers to whom division applies

(1) This division applies to—

(a) a police officer (an incapacitated current police officer) who—

(i) suffers a total or partial incapacity for work as a result of an injury, and

(ii) is eligible to receive a weekly compensation payment for an on duty injury, or

(b) a person (an incapacitated former police officer) who—

(i) was a police officer, and

(ii) while a police officer, suffered a total or partial incapacity for work as a result of an on duty injury for which the person was receiving a payment under this division.

(2) Despite subsection (1), this division does not apply, or ceases to apply, to the following persons—

(a) a person who has been removed from the NSW Police Force under the Act, section 181D,

(b) a person who has been dismissed from the NSW Police Force under the Act, section 80(3),

(c) a person who has ceased to be eligible for weekly compensation payments,

(d) a person who would, but for the person’s appointment as a police officer ceasing, be eligible to receive a weekly compensation payment for an on duty injury,

(e) a person who has reached retiring age, within the meaning of the Workers Compensation Act 1987, section 52(1),

(f) a person who does not comply with an injured worker’s obligations under workers compensation legislation,

(g) a person—

(i) whose appointment as a police officer has ceased, and

(ii) who has been convicted of a criminal offence, and

(iii) who is serving a custodial sentence in relation to the conviction.

(3) Subsection (2)(a) does not apply in relation to a person if the person’s injury is unrelated to the reason for the person’s removal from the NSW Police Force under the Act, section 181D.