48Compensation payable despite existing incapacity

#### 48 Compensation payable despite existing incapacity 48 Compensation payable despite existing incapacity (cf former s 7 (2A)) > > (1) Compensation is payable under this Division in respect of an injury which, but for existing incapacity, would have resulted in total or partial incapacity for work of the worker. > > > (2) Any such compensation is payable as if total or partial incapacity for work had in fact resulted from the injury. > > > (3) In this section— > > > > existing incapacity means total incapacity for work by disease or other cause— > > > > > (a) not entitling the worker to compensation under this Act, and > > > > > (b) existing at the time when the total or partial incapacity for work would otherwise have resulted from the injury.