Western Australian Numbered Acts

WORKERS COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 2023 (NO. 21 OF 2023) - SECT 637

637 .         Section 36ZX replaced

                Delete section 36ZX and insert:

36ZX.         Firefighter disease disputes

        (1)         In this section —

        firefighter disease dispute means a dispute in connection with the application or operation of section 36ZN or 36ZT.

        (2)         The WCIM Act Part 6 applies (with the appropriate modifications) in relation to a firefighter disease dispute as if the firefighter disease dispute were a dispute, as defined in the WCIM Act section 303.

        (3)         Despite the WCIM Act section 355, for the purposes of an action for damages brought independently of this Act, a decision of an arbitrator in relation to a firefighter disease dispute is not final or binding on the parties to the dispute.