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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2001 Week 10 Hansard (28 August) . . Page.. 3514 ..

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23.

Clause 25

Proposed new paragraph 30 (2) (l)

Page 45, line 21-

Omit the proposed new paragraph, substitute the following paragraph:

(l) arbitration of matters and questions arising under this Act, including provision for the exclusion or modification of the Commercial Arbitration Act 1986 in its application to such an arbitration;

24.

Clause 25

Proposed new subsections 30 (3), (4) and (5)

Page 46, line 2-

Omit the subsections.

25.

Clause 26

Page 46, line 21-

Omit the clause, substitute the following clauses:

26 Part 8

omit

26A New chapter 15

insert

Chapter 15 Transitional

32 Definitions for ch 15

In this chapter:

52 the amendment Act means the Workers Compensation Amendment Act 2001.

53 the current Act means the Workers Compensation Act 1951, as in force after the commencement of the amendment Act.

54 the previous Act means the Workers' Compensation Act 1951, as in force immediately before the commencement of the amendment Act.

33 What injuries does this Act apply to?

(1) The current Act applies only to injuries that happen on or after the commencement of the amendment Act.

(2) However, if the worker first became aware that the worker received an injury after the commencement of the amendment Act, the injury is, for this chapter, taken to have happened when the worker became aware of the injury.

(3) Also, if an injury (the original injury ) that happened before the commencement of the amendment Act is aggravated after the commencement, the current Act applies to the aggravation as if the original injury were an injury within the meaning of the current Act.

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