WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
WORKERS' COMPENSATION.
No. 28 of 1978.
AN ACT to amend the Workers' Compensation Act,
1912-1977.
[Assented to 18th May, 1978.]
BE it enacted by the Queen's Most ExcellentMajesty, 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:—
| 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Workers' Short title | and |
| Compensation Act Amendment Act, 1978. | citation. |
| Reprinted |
| In this Act the Workers' Compensation Act, 1912-1977 is referred to as the principal Act. | as |
| approved | |
| for reprint 26th Apr11, 1974 and |
(2)
(3)
| The principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Workers' Compensation Act, | amended by Acts Nos. |
| 94 of 1972 (as amended | |
| 1912-1978. | by No.42 of 1975), 76 of 1975, 111 of 1976, and 70 of 1977. |
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Commence-
| ment. | 2. (1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent. |
| (2) Sections 6 and 10 of this Act shall come into operation on the first day of July, 1978. | |
| Section 4 | |
| amended. | 3. Subsection (4) of section 4 of the principal Act is amended as to paragraph (a) |
| (a) | by inserting after the word "policy", in line two the words "and thereafter"; and |
| (b) | by inserting after the word "amounts", in the last line, the words "in respect of all personal injuries by accident occurring during the currency of the policy". |
Section 5
| amended. | 4. Section 5 of the principal Act is amended |
| (a) | as to the interpretation "Prescribed amount", by deleting the words "June quarter in Western Australia", in the last two lines, and inserting in lieu thereof the passage "March quarter in Western Aus- tralia, but so that any variation of the prescribed amount by reason of any differ- ence between the amount specified in the estimate seasonally adjusted for the March quarter of one year and the amount specified in the estimate seasonally adjusted for the March quarter of the next year shall apply on and from the 1st July immediately following that last mentioned March quarter"; and |
| (b) | by deleting the interpretation "Widow" or "Wife" and inserting in lieu thereof an interpretation as follows |
"Widow" or "Wife" in relation to com- pensation payable in respect of the death of a worker includes-
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| (a) | any former wife of the worker if he was legally obliged immediately before his death to make provision for that former wife with respect to financial matters; and |
| (b) | a woman, who although not legally married to him- |
(i) lived with him on a per-
manent and bona fide
domestic basis immedi- ately before his death, if he leaves any dependant who is the child of the union between him and the woman; or
(ii) lived with him on such a basis for not less than three…