In this
Division —
State’s legislation about damages for an
injury from employment means —
(a) for
this State — Division 2;
(b) for
another State — any provision of a law of that State that is
declared by the regulations to be the State’s legislation about damages
for an injury from employment;
substantive law does not include a law prescribing
rules for choice of law but includes the following —
(a) a
law that establishes, modifies or extinguishes a cause of action or a defence
to a cause of action;
(b) a
law prescribing the period within which an action must be brought (including a
law providing for the extension or abridgment of that period);
(c) a
law that provides for the limitation or exclusion of liability or the barring
of a right of action if a proceeding on, or arbitration of, a claim is not
commenced within a particular time limit;
(d) a
law that limits the kinds of injury, loss or damage for which damages or
compensation may be recovered;
(e) a
law that precludes the recovery of damages or compensation or limits the
amount of damages or compensation that can be recovered;
(f) a
law expressed as a presumption, or rule of evidence, that affects substantive
rights;
(g) a
provision of a State’s legislation about damages for an injury from
employment, whether or not it would be otherwise regarded as procedural in
nature.