27Presumption as to cause of certain diseases in relation to fire-fighters

27 Presumption as to cause of certain diseases in relation to fire-fighters

[Section 27 Repealed by No. 65 of 2004, s. 8, Applied:17 Dec 2004]

(1)  Subject to section 25(2) , where –

(a) a worker suffers an injury –

(i) that is a disease referred to in column 1 of Schedule 5 ; and

(ii) that occurs on or after the day on which this section commences; and

(b) the injury occurs during a period in which the worker is employed as a fire-fighter or within the 10-year period after the worker ceases to be employed as a fire-fighter; and

(c) [Section 27 Subsection (1) amended by No. 57 of 2017, s. 4, Applied:20 Dec 2017] before the date on which the injury that is a disease referred to in column 1 of Schedule 5 occurred, the worker is employed as a fire-fighter for at least the period specified in column 2 of Schedule 5 opposite the disease –

(d) [Section 27 Subsection (1) amended by No. 57 of 2017, s. 4, Applied:20 Dec 2017] .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

the worker's employment as a fire-fighter is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, taken to have contributed to a substantial degree to that injury.

(2)  For the purposes of this section –

(a) [Section 27 Subsection (2) amended by No. 57 of 2017, s. 4, Applied:20 Dec 2017] a person is employed as a fire-fighter if the person is employed as a career fire-fighter or an occupational fire-fighter or is engaged as a volunteer fire-fighter; and

(b) a reference to employment as a fire-fighter includes a reference to engagement as a volunteer fire-fighter; and

(c) a reference to a period of employment of a worker as a fire-fighter includes a reference to a period –