Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988
164BAApplication of Asbestos-Related Diseases (Occupational Exposure) Compensation Act 2011
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164BA Application of Asbestos-Related Diseases (Occupational Exposure) Compensation Act 2011
[Section 164BA Inserted by No. 28 of 2011, s. 52, Applied:31 Oct 2011]
(1) In this section –
asbestos-related disease has the same meaning as it has in the Asbestos-Related Diseases (Occupational Exposure) Compensation Act 2011 .
(2) If a claim for compensation in respect of an injury consisting of an asbestos-related disease was made by a person before the commencement of the Asbestos-Related Diseases (Occupational Exposure) Compensation (Consequential Amendments) Act 2011 , the amendment effected by that Act to the definition of "injury" in section 3 does not apply in respect of that person in relation to that claim or any subsequent claim for compensation made in relation to that injury.