Workers' Compensation Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1970 (WA)

1970.] Workers' Compensation (No. 2). [No. 43.

WORKERS' COMPENSATION

(No. 2).

No. 43 of 1970.

AN ACT to amend the Workers' Compensation Act,

1912-1970.

[Assented to 23rd September, 1970.]

RE 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:—

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Workers'	Short title
and citation.

Compensation Act Amendment Act (No. 2), 1970.

Reprinted as

(2) In this Act the Workers' Compensation Act, approved for reprint 15th

1912-1970 is referred to as the principal Act.

July, 1969

and further

amended by

Act No.18

(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act of 1970.

may be cited as the Workers' Compensation Act,

1912-1970.

No. 43.] Workers' Compensation (No. 2). [1970.

Amendment

to s. 5.	2.	Section 5 of the principal Act is amended by
anterpr-

tatlon.) e

adding after the interpretation "This State" an

interpretation as follows

"Widow" or "Wife", in relation to compensa- tion payable in respect of the death of a worker, includes a woman who for not less than three years immediately before the worker's death, although not legally married to him, lived with him as his wife on a permanent and bona fide domestic basis and "Wife", in relation to any time while a worker is being paid weekly payments of compensation, includes a woman who, at that time, is living with him as his wife on a permanent and bona fide domestic basis, although she is not legally married to him, and who has been so living for not less than three years immediately before that time. .

Amendment

Subsection (2) of section 7 of the principal "disallowed", being the last word in paragraph (c), the words "unless the injury results in death or serious and permanent disablement".

to s. 7. 3.

(Liability of

employers to	Act is amended by adding after the word
workers for
injuries.)
to s. 8.

Amendment	4.	Subsection (la) of section 8 of the principal
tion of

(Compensa-	Act is amended by adding after the word "pneumo-
worker
dying from	coniosis" in line three, the passage "or, on and after
or affected
by certain	the 8th May, 1970, mesothelioma".
industrial diseases.)
Amendment

to First	5.	Clause 1 of the First Schedule to the principal
Schedule.

(Scale and	Act is amended
conditions
sation.)

of compen-	(a) by substituting for the words "ten thousand eight hundred and eighty-one", in lines five and six of item (I) of subpara- graph (i) of paragraph (a), the words, "eleven thousand";
(b) by substituting for the words "five hundred and thirty-seven", in the second last and last lines of paragraph (a), the words "six hundred and sixty-five";

1970.]

Workers' Compensation (No. 2). [No. 43. (c) by substituting for the words "twenty-six dollars ten cents", in the last line of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (c), the words "twenty-seven dollars";

(d)	by substituting for the words "nineteen dollars sixty cents", in the last line of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (c), the words "twenty dollars twenty-five cents";
(e)	by substituting for the words "eleven dollars eighty cents"-

(i)    in line thirteen of subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (c); and

(ii)   in line fourteen of subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (c),

the words "twelve dollars twenty cents";

and

(f) by substituting for the words "six dollars ninety cents", in line one of subparagraph (v) of paragraph (c), the words "seven dollars sixty cents".