sec.159Eligibility criterion for permanent blindness caused by trauma

sec.159 Eligibility criterion for permanent blindness caused by trauma

The eligibility criterion for permanent blindness caused by trauma is that the injured person has a visual defect, or a combination of visual defects, that result in visual loss that is, or is equivalent to— visual acuity of less than 6/60 in both eyes, assessed using the Snellen scale after correction by suitable lenses; or the constriction of the worker’s field of vision to 10 degrees or less of the arc around central fixation in the worker’s better eye, regardless of corrected visual acuity (equivalent to 1/100 white test object). In this section— Snellen scale means the scale for measuring visual acuity using rows of letters printed in decreasing sizes. (sec.159-ssec.1) The eligibility criterion for permanent blindness caused by trauma is that the injured person has a visual defect, or a combination of visual defects, that result in visual loss that is, or is equivalent to— visual acuity of less than 6/60 in both eyes, assessed using the Snellen scale after correction by suitable lenses; or the constriction of the worker’s field of vision to 10 degrees or less of the arc around central fixation in the worker’s better eye, regardless of corrected visual acuity (equivalent to 1/100 white test object). (sec.159-ssec.2) In this section— Snellen scale means the scale for measuring visual acuity using rows of letters printed in decreasing sizes.

• (a) visual acuity of less than 6/60 in both eyes, assessed using the Snellen scale after correction by suitable lenses; or
• (b) the constriction of the worker’s field of vision to 10 degrees or less of the arc around central fixation in the worker’s better eye, regardless of corrected visual acuity (equivalent to 1/100 white test object).