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Amendment of section 69 of Principal Act (occupational injuries benefits) - calculation of period in definition of “injury benefit period”
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27. Section 69 of the Principal Act is amended, by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1):
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“(1A) For the purpose of calculating the period of 156 days in the definition of ‘injury benefit period’ in relation to an accident, the following days shall, in addition to any period since the accident concerned, be included in the calculation:
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(a) any statutory sick leave days under the Act of 2022;
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(b) any day in respect of which the person, where he or she is otherwise entitled to statutory sick leave under the Act of 2022 is, instead of and in substitution for that entitlement to the statutory sick leave days concerned, being provided by his or her employer with a sick leave scheme under the Act of 2022.”.
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