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#### 11 Recess claims
11 Recess claims
(cf former s 7 (1) (e))
> If a worker on any day on which the worker has attended at the worker’s place of employment pursuant to the worker’s contract of service or training contract—
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> > (a) is temporarily absent from that place on that day during any ordinary recess or authorised absence,
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> > (b) does not during that absence voluntarily subject himself or herself to any abnormal risk of injury, and
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> > (c) receives a personal injury during that absence,
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> the injury is, for the purposes of this Act, an injury arising out of or in the course of employment, and compensation is payable accordingly.
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> **s 11:** Am 2003 No 97, Sch 1 \[1\].