Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988
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141 Interpretation
[Section 141 Repealed by No. 16 of 1995, s. 72 ]
(1) In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears –
Agency has the same meaning as in the State Service Act 2000 ;
approved injury management plan, in relation to a worker, means the injury management plan to which the worker and the worker's employer have consented under section 143E ;
approved injury management program, in relation to a worker –
(a) means the injury management program that is in force and that was approved under section 143(7) in respect of the worker's employer; or
(b) if the worker is employed for the purposes of an Agency and there is in force an injury management program that was approved under section 143(7) in respect of that Agency, means that program –
and includes any amendments to the program that are submitted to the Board under section 143(10) and are not disallowed under section 143(11) ;
approved return-to-work plan, in relation to a worker, means the return-to-work plan to which the worker and the worker's employer have consented under section 143E and that is in force;
employer's insurer, in relation to an employer, means a licensed insurer with whom the employer has entered into a contract pursuant to section 97(1) ;
Head of an Agency has the same meaning as in the State Service Act 2000 ;
injured worker means a worker suffering from a workplace injury;
injury management co-ordinator, in relation to a worker, means the injury management co-ordinator to whom the worker is assigned under ;