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(c) if no written notice of termination or reduction of the payments has been given - equal to the additional compensation that, but for the termination or reduction, would have been payable during the defined period commencing on the day on which the termination or reduction took effect; or

(d) if the termination or reduction takes effect before the expiry of the defined period commencing on the date on which written notice of the termination or reduction is given to the worker - equal to the additional compensation that, but for the termination or reduction, would have been payable during the remainder of the defined period.

(3) Nothing in subsection (2) is to be taken to require an employer to pay additional compensation to a worker for any period in relation to which an appropriate medical certificate has not been given to the employer.

(4) In this section -

'appropriate medical certificate' means -

(a) in relation to weekly payments in respect of a worker's partial incapacity - a certificate by a medical practitioner certifying the existence of the worker's incapacity at the level in respect of which the weekly payments are paid; and

(b) in relation to weekly payments in respect of a worker's total incapacity - a certificate by a medical practitioner certifying the existence of the worker's total incapacity;

'defined period', in relation to a worker receiving weekly payments, means -

(a) if the worker has been receiving the payments for a continuous period of less than 1 year - 2 weeks; or

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