126No payments to be made to incapacitated police officers receiving work injury damages

126 No payments to be made to incapacitated police officers receiving work injury damages

126 No payments to be made to incapacitated police officers receiving work injury damages

(1) If an incapacitated police officer receives work injury damages in relation to an injury, the police officer cannot also receive payments under the scheme.

Note—

See also section 156, which provides that payments made under this part in relation to an injury must be deducted from any compensation, damages or other remedy in a claim made by a police officer.

(2) In this section—

work injury damages has the same meaning as in the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998.