75Additional compensation for medical and other services

75 Additional compensation for medical and other services

(1AA)  [Section 75 Subsection (1AA) inserted by No. 85 of 2009, s. 22, Applied:01 Jul 2010] Subsection (1) applies to an employer of a worker if –

(a) the employer has accepted, or is to be taken under section 81AB to have accepted, liability to pay compensation in accordance with this Act for an injury to the worker; or

(b) the employer has been determined by the Tribunal or a court to be liable to pay compensation in accordance with this Act for an injury to the worker; or

(c) section 77AB applies to the worker.

(1)  [Section 75 Subsection (1) amended by No. 85 of 2009, s. 22, Applied:01 Jul 2010] If this subsection applies to an employer of a worker, the employer is, subject to this section, liable to pay as compensation to the worker or his dependants–

(a) [Section 75 Subsection (1) amended by No. 85 of 2009, s. 22, Applied:01 Jul 2010] the reasonable expenses necessarily incurred by the worker as a result of his injury for medical services, hospital services, nursing services, constant attendance services, rehabilitation services, household services, road accident rescue services and ambulance services; and

(b) [Section 75 Subsection (1) amended by No. 85 of 2009, s. 22, Applied:01 Jul 2010] if the worker dies as a result of the worker's injury –

(i) the reasonable expenses, not being more than the amount prescribed by regulations, of the worker's burial or cremation; and

(ii) the reasonable costs of counselling services provided to members of the family by counselling professionals, up to a total amount of all such costs that is not more than the amount prescribed by regulations.

(2)  [Section 75 Subsection (2) amended by No. 43 of 1993, s. 19 ] If a worker was entitled to weekly payments in respect of an injury, the worker's entitlement to compensation under for a service in relation to the injury ceases 52 weeks after the lawful termination of the weekly payments, unless the Tribunal makes a determination in relation to the service under .