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Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003
sec.31Meaning of event
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### sec.31 Meaning of event
An event is anything that results in injury, including a latent onset injury, to a worker.
An event includes continuous or repeated exposure to substantially the same conditions that results in an injury to a worker.
A worker may sustain 1 or multiple injuries as a result of an event whether the injury happens or injuries happen immediately or over a period.
If multiple injuries result from an event, they are taken to have happened in 1 event.
s 31 amd 2005 No. 50 s 3 sch
(sec.31-ssec.1) An event is anything that results in injury, including a latent onset injury, to a worker.
(sec.31-ssec.2) An event includes continuous or repeated exposure to substantially the same conditions that results in an injury to a worker.
(sec.31-ssec.3) A worker may sustain 1 or multiple injuries as a result of an event whether the injury happens or injuries happen immediately or over a period.
(sec.31-ssec.4) If multiple injuries result from an event, they are taken to have happened in 1 event.