Work Injury Compensation Act 2019 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Application of Act to Seafarers
66. Depositions admissible under Merchant Shipping Act 1995
Feedback & supportWhere an injured seafarer is discharged or left behind in any territory in the Commonwealth or in a foreign country, depositions about the circumstances and nature of the injury may be taken by —
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“injury” or “personal injury” includes an occupational disease or a disease mentioned in section 10(1)(c);
any judge or magistrate in that territory; or (b)a consular officer in the foreign country.
Where any deposition is taken in accordance with subsection (1) and transmitted to the Minister by the person who took the deposition, the deposition or certified copies thereof are admissible in evidence in any proceedings for compensation under this Act, as provided by sections 184 and 186 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, and those sections apply accordingly.