Work Injury Compensation Act 2019 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Compensation for Work Injury
11. Date of accident
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For the purposes of calculating the employee’s AME for the computation of compensation payable by an employer under section 10(1)(a), (b) or (c), the date of the accident is taken to be the earliest of the following dates:
employee
“employee” means an individual who has entered into or works under a contract of service with an employer and —(a)includes every employee of the Government in a class or description declared by the President to be employees for the purposes of this Act; but(b)does not include any class of individuals specified in the Third Schedule;
the last day of the employee’s employment with the employer mentioned in section 10(1)(a), (b) or (c), as the case may be;
the date of commencement of the incapacity of the employee; (c)the date of the employee’s death.
For all other purposes of this Act in relation to compensation payable under section 10(1)(a), (b) or (c), the date of the accident is taken to be —
the earlier of —
the date of commencement of the incapacity of the employee; or (ii)the date on which a health professional certifies that, in the health professional’s opinion, the employee is suffering from the disease mentioned in section 10(1); or (b)if there has been no previous period of incapacity — the date of the employee’s death.
[Deleted by Act 30 of 2024 wef 01/01/2025]