68EClaim for compensation—serious lung injury

68E Claim for compensation—serious lung injury (1) Despite section 197(2), the Authority or a self‑insurer may receive a claim for compensation under Division 5 of Part 5 for a serious lung injury at any time after the date of the injury. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the Authority or self-insurer, having regard to any relevant matter including medical evidence, must be satisfied that— (a) the degree of impairment from the injury is unlikely to stabilise; and (b) the injury requires treatment with lung transplant surgery. S. 68F inserted by No. 10/2022 s. 62.