322Meaning of *substantive law*

322 Meaning of *substantive law* ***a State's legislation about damages for a work related injury*** means— (a) for this State, this Part, Part 10 and any other provision of this Act providing for the interpretation of anything in this Part; and (b) for any other State, any provisions of a law of the State that is declared by the Minister to be the State's legislation about damages for a work related injury for the purposes of this section by a notice published in the Government Gazette; ***substantive law*** includes— (a) a law that establishes, modifies or extinguishes a cause of action or a defence to a cause of action; and (b) a law prescribing the time within which an action must be brought (including a law providing for the extension or abridgment of that time); and (c) a law that provides for the limitation or exclusion of liability or the barring of a right of action if a proceeding on, or arbitration of, a claim is not commenced within a particular time limit; and (d) a law that limits the kinds of injury, loss or damage for which damages or compensation may be recovered; and (e) a law that precludes the recovery of damages or compensation or limits the amount of damages or compensation that can be recovered; and (f) a law expressed as a presumption, or rule of evidence, that affects substantive rights; and (g) a provision of a State's legislation about damages for a work related injury, whether or not it would be otherwise regarded as procedural in nature— but does not include a law prescribing rules for choice of law.