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WORKERS COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 2023 (NO. 21 OF 2023) - SECT 98

98 .         Amount of permanent impairment compensation based on degree of permanent impairment

        (1)         The amount of permanent impairment compensation payable is the amount calculated under section 101 on the basis of the worker’s degree of permanent impairment resulting from the injury.

        (2)         The worker’s degree of permanent impairment resulting from an injury is —

            (a)         in the case of impairment of a part or faculty of the body, the degree of permanent impairment of that part or faculty of the body; or

            (b)         in the case of impairment from scarring or disfigurement, the degree of permanent whole of person impairment resulting from the injury.



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