28APresumption as to cause of post-traumatic stress disorder

28A Presumption as to cause of post-traumatic stress disorder

[Section 28A Inserted by No. 11 of 2019, s. 4, Applied:04 Jun 2019]

(1)  In this section –

relevant worker means –

(a) a worker who is employed by the Crown or appointed under an Act of the State; and

(b) a worker who is employed by a Government Business Enterprise, within the meaning of the Government Business Enterprises Act 1995 ; and

(c) a worker who is employed by a State-owned company, within the meaning of the Government Business Enterprises Act 1995 .

(2)  Subject to section 25(1A) and (2) , where a relevant worker suffers an injury that consists of post-traumatic stress disorder, the worker's employment is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, taken to have contributed to a substantial degree to that injury.