Waterfront Workers (Compensation for Asbestos Related Diseases) Amendment Act 1987 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

WATERFRONT WORKERS

(COMPENSATION FOR ASBESTOS

RELATED DISEASES) AMENDMENT

ACT

No. 22 of 1987

AN ACT to amend the Waterfront Workers (Compensation for

Asbestos Related Diseases) Act 1986.

[Assented to 25 June 1987]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Waterfront Workers (Compensation

for Asbestos Related Diseases) Amendment Act 1987.

No. 22] Waterfront Workers (Compensation for Asbestos [1987

Related Diseases) Amendment Act

Commencement

2.     This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives

the Royal Assent.

Section 4 amended

Section 4 of the Waterfront Workers (Compensation for Asbestos Related Diseases) Act 1986* is amended in subsection (2) by inserting after paragraph (a) the following paragraph-

3.

" (aa) lung cancer; or ".

[*Act No. 84 of 1986 as amended by Act No. 86 of 1986.]