Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00116:section:10:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00116
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 10 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 37139–38182

disease, if, apart from that disease or aggravation, as the case may be, the death of the employee would have happened at a significantly later time.
 (6) For the purposes of this Act, an incapacity for work, or an impairment, of an employee is taken to have resulted from a disease, or an aggravation of a disease, if, apart from that disease or aggravation, as the case may be:
 (a) the incapacity or impairment would not have occurred; or
 (b) the incapacity would have started, or the impairment would have happened, at a significantly later time; or
 (c) the extent of the incapacity or impairment would have been significantly less.
 (7) For the purposes of this Act, a disease suffered by an employee, or an aggravation of such a disease, is not taken to be an injury to the employee if the employee has at any time, for purposes connected with his or her employment or proposed employment in the maritime industry, made a wilful and false representation that he or she did not suffer, or had not previously suffered, from that disease.