Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942
20Weekly payment during partial incapacity—after first 26 weeks—dependants
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20 Weekly payment during partial incapacity—after first 26 weeks—dependants
20 Weekly payment during partial incapacity—after first 26 weeks—dependants
(1) For the purposes of this Act, the Principal Act, section 37(1)(b) and (c), as in force by operation of the exclusion provisions, is taken to extend to an injured worker in relation to any period of partial incapacity for work but only if the injured worker is retired by reason of—
(a) reaching an applicable retirement age, or
(b) being unfit for suitable employment as a result of a dust disease.
(2) This clause is taken to have commenced on the commencement of the Principal Act.