Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) In this
section —
artificial aid means a hearing aid, artificial
limb, artificial teeth, artificial eyes, spectacles or contact lenses;
work accident means an accident that arises out of
or in the course of a worker’s employment or while a worker is acting
under the employer’s instructions.
(2) An expense is a
miscellaneous expense if it is for —
(a) the
repair or replacement of any artificial aid damaged or destroyed in a work
accident even if the worker did not suffer any injury as a result of the work
accident; or
(b)
services by way of consultations, examinations or prescriptions that are
rendered by medical practitioners, dentists or other qualified persons and
reasonably required in connection with the repair or replacement referred to
in paragraph (a).
(3) Compensation for a
miscellaneous expense under this section is payable as if the expense were
incurred as a result of personal injury by accident suffered by the worker as
a result of the work accident.
Note for this section:
An expense under this
section is incurred as a result of the work accident and not as a result of an
injury (if any) that results from the accident. Subsection (3) requires
the expense to be treated as incurred as a result of an injury suffered in the
work accident because section 82 requires that for compensation to be
payable for a miscellaneous expense it must be incurred as a result of a work
injury.