11Catastrophic blindness injury

11 Catastrophic blindness injury

An injury is a catastrophic blindness injury if the injury results in one or more of the following:

(a) visual acuity after correction by suitable lenses of less than 6/60 in both eyes;

(b) constriction to within 10 degrees of fixation in the better eye irrespective of corrected visual acuity;

(c) a combination of visual defects resulting in the same degree of visual impairment as that specified in paragraph (a) or (b).

Note: A person would have visual acuity of 6/60 if he or she is only able to see at a distance of 6 metres a symbol which a person with normal vision could see at a distance of 60 metres.