Return to Work Act 1986
65ACompensation not payable to prisoner
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65A Compensation not payable to prisoner (1) A worker is not entitled to be paid compensation under section 64 or 65 during any period during which the worker is: (a) a prisoner; or (b) a person who is: (i) detained in a prison or other correctional facility (however described) in a place outside the Territory; or (ii) otherwise a person who is in a place outside the Territory in circumstances in which, if the worker were in the Territory, the worker would be a prisoner. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a worker mentioned in subsection (1)(a) if the Territory is not liable to maintain the worker as mentioned in section 115 of the Correctional Services Act 2014. (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a worker mentioned in subsection (1)(b)(ii) if, under the law of the place in which the worker is, there is no liability to maintain the worker for reasons similar to those mentioned in section 115 of the Correctional Services Act 2014. prisoner, see section 6 of the Correctional Services Act 2014.