Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00116:section:3:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00116
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3 (pt 4/7)
Character Range: 18057–20756

of a physical or mental injury (other than a disease) suffered by an employee (whether or not that injury arose out of, or in the course of, the employee's employment), being an aggravation that arose out of, or in the course of, that employment;
but does not include anything suffered by an employee as a result of reasonable disciplinary action taken against the employee, or failure by the employee to obtain a promotion, transfer or benefit in connection with his or her employment.
journey, in relation to a journey to which subsection 28(6), 49(6A), 50(2A), 66(4) or 83A(3) applies, includes part of that journey.
legislative rules means rules made under section 144.
loss, in relation to property used by an employee, includes destruction.
medical treatment means:
 (a) medical or surgical treatment by, or under the supervision of, a legally qualified medical practitioner; or
 (b) therapeutic treatment obtained at the direction of a legally qualified medical practitioner; or
 (c) dental treatment by, or under the supervision of, a legally qualified dentist; or
 (d) therapeutic treatment by, or under the supervision of, a physiotherapist, osteopath, masseur or chiropractor registered as such under the law of a State or Territory; or
 (e) an examination, test or analysis carried out at the request or direction of a legally qualified medical practitioner or dentist, and the provision of a report in respect of it; or
 (f) the supply, replacement or repair of an artificial limb or other artificial substitute or of a medical, surgical or other similar aid or appliance; or
 (g) treatment and maintenance as a patient at a hospital; or
 (h) nursing care, and the provision of medicines, medical and surgical supplies and curative apparatus, whether in a hospital or not.
member means a member of the Authority.
National Employment Standards has the same meaning as in the Fair Work Act 2009.
non‑economic loss, in relation to an employee who has suffered an injury resulting in a permanent impairment, means loss or damage of a non‑economic kind suffered by the employee (including pain and suffering, a loss of expectation of life or a loss of the amenities or enjoyment of life) as a result of that injury or impairment and of which the employee is aware.
normal weekly earnings means the normal weekly earnings of an employee worked out under section 13.
parent: without limiting who is a parent of a person for the purposes of this Act, someone is the parent of a person if the person is his or her child because of the definition of child in this section.
pension age has the meaning given by subsection 23(5A), (5B), (5C) or (5D) of the Social Security Act 1991.
permanent means