ACCIDENT COMPENSATION ACT 1985 - SECT 90 Effect of determination for industrial deafness
ACCIDENT COMPENSATION ACT 1985 - SECT 90
Effect of determination for industrial deafness(1) A determination for the payment of compensation for industrial deafness which is not reviewed shall be a final determination in respect of the percentage of the diminution of the worker's hearing on the date of the assessment.
(2) A determination for the payment of compensation shall state the percentage of diminution of the worker's hearing in respect of industrial deafness at the date of the determination in relation to which the amount of the compensation is assessed.
S. 90(3) amended by No. 107/1997
s. 37(1)(a)(b).
(3) A determination for compensation for industrial deafness shall fully extinguish all rights of the worker to compensation for industrial deafness under section 98, 98C or 98E or under the Workers Compensation Act 1958 up to the date of the determination but shall not prevent the worker from obtaining compensation under section 98, 98C or 98E for further industrial deafness suffered after that date.
S. 90(4) amended by Nos 67/1992
s. 14(a), 50/1994
s. 35(4).
(4) The Authority shall be advised of any determination for the payment of compensation for industrial deafness.
S. 90(5) amended by No. 67/1992
s. 14(b)(i)(ii).
(5) The Authority shall keep a register of determinations for the payment of compensation for industrial deafness notified under subsection (4).
S. 91 amended by Nos 67/1992
s. 64(7)(a), 50/1993
s. 78(1)(h), repealed by No.
50/1994
s. 36, new s. 91 inserted by No. 60/1996 s. 9.