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Workers Compensation (Bush Fire, Emergency and Rescue Services) Act 1987
24Injuries to which this Part applies
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#### 24 Injuries to which this Part applies
24 Injuries to which this Part applies
(cf defn of “injury” in former s 17J)
> > (1) This Part applies to personal injury received by an emergency service worker or a rescue association worker—
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> > > (a) arising out of or in the course of carrying out an authorised activity, or
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> > > (b) arising out of or in the course of a relevant journey by the worker in relation to an authorised activity.
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> > (2) This Part also applies to an injury being a disease which is contracted, aggravated, accelerated, exacerbated or which deteriorates in the course of doing anything referred to in subsection (1) if the doing of that thing was a contributing factor.
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> **s 24:** Am 1996 No 120, Sch 2.8 \[2\].