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WORKERS COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 2023 (NO. 21 OF 2023) - SECT 562

562 .         Noise-induced hearing loss

        (1)         A reference in Part 2 Division 8 to noise-induced hearing loss compensation paid to a worker includes a reference to compensation received by the worker under the former Act or the Workers’ Compensation Act 1912 for noise-induced hearing loss.

        (2)         A reference in Part 2 Division 8 to hearing loss and assessed NIHL of a worker includes a reference to hearing loss and noise-induced hearing loss that the worker has suffered as ascertained and measured in accordance with Schedule 7 to the former Act.



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