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Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013
356DRegard must be had to initial award of damages
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356D Regard must be had to initial award of damages
If an initial award of damages has been made to a worker for a serious silica-related condition, a court must have regard to those damages when assessing damages to be awarded in a subsequent action for damages for another serious silica‑related condition suffered by that worker.
S. 356E inserted by No. 10/2022 s. 77.