Western Australian Numbered Acts

WORKERS COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 2023 (NO. 21 OF 2023) - SECT 111

111 .         Assessment and evidence of noise-induced hearing loss

        (1)         In this Division —

        NIHL assessment means an assessment made in accordance with the regulations of the hearing loss suffered by a worker during a period (the assessment period ) and of whether and to what extent that hearing loss is noise-induced hearing loss (the assessed NIHL of the worker).

        (2)         Assessed NIHL must be expressed as a percentage loss of hearing.

        (3)         An NIHL assessment is sufficient evidence for the purposes of a claim for noise-induced hearing loss compensation that the assessed NIHL of the worker is hearing loss that is noise-induced hearing loss due to employment during the assessment period.