203AExtended application of section 50A

203A Extended application of section 50A (1) The presumption mentioned in section 50A(1) also applies in relation to a worker if the following conditions are met: (a) the worker is or was a firefighter (including a person appointed to be an auxiliary member under the Fire and Emergency Act 1996) other than a volunteer firefighter; (b) the disease is a prescribed disease; (c) the worker: (i) is, on the onset day for the prescribed disease, working as an active firefighter and had been so working for a period at least as long as the prescribed qualifying period for the prescribed disease; or (ii) had been, within the 10 years immediately preceding that onset day, working as an active firefighter and had been so working for a period at least as long as the prescribed qualifying period for the prescribed disease; (d) that onset day is before 4 July 2011; (e) a claim for compensation is made by the worker within 3 months after the commencement. (2) If the conditions mentioned in subsection (1) are met, this Act applies as if the onset day were immediately before the (3) Without limiting subsection (2), a person making a claim under Part 5, Division 3, Subdivision A in respect of a worker who has died may do so only if the worker made a claim as mentioned in subsection (1)(e) before dying.