sec.491Interpretation

### sec.491 Interpretation For this chapter or a regulation made for this chapter, worker includes— a person to whom compensation is payable under this Act or a former Act for injury, including impairment or disfigurement; and a person to whom an amount is payable for any personal injury under an Act prescribed under a regulation. This chapter deals with injury in terms of injury, impairment and disfigurement. For the application of this chapter or a regulation made for this chapter in relation to an injury mentioned in section 490A (1) (b) , compensation , disfigurement , impairment and injury , and any term used in an applicable provision of a former Act, have the same meaning as they have under the former Act. s 491 sub 2005 No. 50 s 39 amd 2006 No. 13 s 5 (sec.491-ssec.1) For this chapter or a regulation made for this chapter, worker includes— a person to whom compensation is payable under this Act or a former Act for injury, including impairment or disfigurement; and a person to whom an amount is payable for any personal injury under an Act prescribed under a regulation. This chapter deals with injury in terms of injury, impairment and disfigurement. (sec.491-ssec.2) For the application of this chapter or a regulation made for this chapter in relation to an injury mentioned in section 490A (1) (b) , compensation , disfigurement , impairment and injury , and any term used in an applicable provision of a former Act, have the same meaning as they have under the former Act. - (a) a person to whom compensation is payable under this Act or a former Act for injury, including impairment or disfigurement; and - (b) a person to whom an amount is payable for any personal injury under an Act prescribed under a regulation.