(1) Subsections (2)
and (3) apply if —
(a) on
their entitlement day, the medically retired member has acquired immune
deficiency syndrome ( AIDS ); and
(b) the
medically retired member’s earlier infection with human immunodeficiency
virus was a compensable medical condition that occurred by accident.
(2) AIDS is taken to
result in a degree of permanent impairment of 100%.
(3) Section 33ZW
applies in relation to AIDS with the omission of subsections (3)(b) and (c)
and (4) to (8) of that section.
Note for this section:
AIDS is mentioned in
item 45 of the Table to section 101 of the WCIM Act.
[Section 33ZY inserted: No. 26 of 2021 s. 4;
amended: No. 21 of 2023 s. 690.]