15.1 (1) If a worker is prescribed under clause (8) (a) and sustains an injury to the heart in circumstances prescribed under clause (8) (c), the injury is presumed to be a personal injury arising out of and in the course of the worker’s employment as a firefighter or fire investigator, unless the contrary is shown.  2007, c. 3, s. 2. Time of injury (2) The presumption in subsection (1) applies only to injuries sustained on or after January 1, 1960.  2007, c. 3, s. 2. Injuries sustained before 1998 (3) Where the presumption in subsection (1) applies in relation to an injury to the heart sustained by a worker before January 1, 1998, the rights of the worker or his or her survivor shall, subject to the presumption, be determined in accordance with Part IX.  2007, c. 3, s. 2. Occupational disease (4) If a worker is prescribed under clause (8) (a) and suffers from and is impaired by a disease prescribed under clause (8) (d), the disease is presumed to be an occupational disease that occurs due to the nature of the worker’s employment as a firefighter or fire investigator, unless the contrary is shown.  2007, c. 3, s. 2. Time of diagnosis (5) The presumption in subsection (4) applies only to diseases diagnosed on or after January 1, 1960.  2007, c. 3, s. 2. Diseases diagnosed before 1998 (6) Where the presumption in subsection (4) applies in relation to a disease of a worker that is diagnosed before January 1, 1998, the rights of the worker or his or her survivor shall, subject to the presumption, be determined in accordance with Part IX.  2007, c. 3, s. 2. Conditions and restrictions (7) The presumptions in subsections (1) and (4) are subject to any conditions and restrictions prescribed under clause (8) (e).  2007, c. 3, s. 2. Regulations (8) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations, (a)  prescribing firefighters, fire investigators, or classes of firefighters or fire investigators, as workers to whom subsection (1) or (4) applies; (b)  defining “firefighter” and “fire investigator”; (c)  prescribing circumstances in which an injury to the heart is sustained for the purposes of subsection (1); (d)  prescribing diseases for the purposes of subsection (4); (e)  prescribing conditions and restrictions relating to the presumptions established by subsections (1) and (4), including, but not limited to, conditions and restrictions related to nature of employment, length of employment, time during which the worker was employed or age of the worker; (f)  providing that section 15.2, in whole or in part, does not apply in circumstances specified in the regulation; (g)  if a regulation is made under clause (f), providing for alternative rules to govern claims to which section 15.2, in whole or in part, would have applied; (h)  providing for such transitional matters as the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary or advisable in relation to this section, the regulations under this section and section 15.2.  2007, c. 3, s. 2. Same (9) A regulation made under clause (8) (b) may define firefighter to include, (a)  volunteer firefighters; and (b)  workers who are not included in the definition of “firefighter” in the Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997.  2007, c. 3, s. 2. Same (10) A regulation made under this section may be general or particular in its application.  2007, c. 3, s. 2. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2007, c. 3, s. 2 - 04/05/2007