10Compensation payable for injury or death

10 Compensation payable for injury or death

10 Compensation payable for injury or death

(cf former s 17C)

A fire fighter who has received an injury (and in the case of the death of the fire fighter, the fire fighter’s dependants) shall be entitled to receive compensation as follows—

(a) where death results from the injury—the compensation payments prescribed by the Principal Act, sections 25(1)(a) and (b) and (1A), 26 and 28,

(b) where total or partial incapacity for work results from the injury—the weekly payments of compensation prescribed by Division 2 of Part 3 of the Principal Act,

(c) where medical or related treatment, hospital treatment, occupational rehabilitation service or ambulance service becomes necessary as a result of the injury—the benefits prescribed by Division 3 of Part 3 of the Principal Act,

(d) where the worker receives an injury mentioned in Division 4 of Part 3 of the Principal Act—the compensation prescribed by that Division (including compensation for any pain and suffering resulting from that injury).

s 10: Am 1989 No 133, Sch 9 (2); 2022 No 25, Sch 2.2[1] [2].