Western Australian Numbered Acts

WORKERS COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 2023 (NO. 21 OF 2023) - SECT 182

182 .         Assessments to which Division applies

                This Division applies to an assessment of a worker’s degree of permanent impairment for the purposes of —

            (a)         section 79; or

            (b)         Part 2 Division 7 or 9; or

            (c)         Part 7 Division 2.

        Note for this section:

                Under Part 7 Division 2 an assessment of degree of permanent whole of person impairment of at least 15% is required for the purposes of an election to retain the right to seek common law damages, which is a prerequisite to the commencement of proceedings to recover damages. A court hearing a claim for damages is not bound by an assessment of degree of permanent whole of person impairment — see section 421.