Western Australian Numbered Acts

WORKERS COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 2023 (NO. 21 OF 2023) - SECT 184

184 .         Assessing degree of permanent impairment when multiple injuries arise from single event

        (1)         In this section —

        event —

            (a)         means anything that results, whether immediately or not and whether suddenly or not, in injury to a worker; and

            (b)         includes continuous or repeated exposure to conditions that results in injury to a worker.

        (2)         If a worker suffers more than 1 injury arising from a single event, the worker’s degree of permanent whole of person impairment must be assessed as the degree of permanent whole of person impairment resulting from all of the worker’s injuries arising from the event.