or for the benefit of, those persons to whom, or for whose benefit, compensation would be payable under that Act if— (a) the volunteer emergency worker had been, at S. 28(1)(a) amended by the time the personal injury was suffered, a Nos 75/1986 worker employed by the Crown; and s. 12(1), 97/1994 s. 15(1). (b) the personal injury had arisen out of or in the course of that employment— within the meaning of that Act. (2) For the purpose of assessing the amount of any S. 28(2) amended by compensation payable under this section, the Nos 75/1986 average weekly earnings of a volunteer s. 12(1), 97/1994 emergency worker are to be computed by s. 15(1), reference to the worker's employment during the 67/2013 s. 649(Sch. 9 relevant period before the personal injury was item 14(3)(b)). suffered or (if the worker was not then working under a contract of service) upon such basis as is best calculated to give the appropriate compensation for loss of earning capacity, but so that any relevant maximum limits imposed by the or the Accident Compensation Act 1985 Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 are not exceeded. (3) For the purposes of enabling the return to work of S. 28(3) inserted by a volunteer emergency worker who suffers a No. 97/1994 personal injury while engaged in emergency s. 15(2). activity, the Authority may— (a) plan the worker's return to work under the S. 28(3)(a) amended by Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Nos 9/2010 Compensation Act 2013; s. 137(a), 67/2013 s. 649(Sch. 9 item 14(3)(c)).
or for the benefit of, those persons to whom, or for whose benefit, compensation would be payable under that Act if— S. 28(1)(a) amended by Nos 75/1986 s. 12(1), 97/1994 s. 15(1). (a) the volunteer emergency worker had been, at the time the personal injury was suffered, a worker employed by the Crown; and (b) the personal injury had arisen out of or in the course of that employment— within the meaning of that Act. S. 28(2) amended by Nos 75/1986 s. 12(1), 97/1994 s. 15(1), 67/2013 s. 649(Sch. 9 item 14(3)(b)). (2) For the purpose of assessing the amount of any compensation payable under this section, the average weekly earnings of a volunteer emergency worker are to be computed by reference to the worker's employment during the relevant period before the personal injury was suffered or (if the worker was not then working under a contract of service) upon such basis as is best calculated to give the appropriate compensation for loss of earning capacity, but so that any relevant maximum limits imposed by the Accident Compensation Act 1985 or the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 are not exceeded. S. 28(3) inserted by No. 97/1994 s. 15(2). (3) For the purposes of enabling the return to work of a volunteer emergency worker who suffers a personal injury while engaged in emergency activity, the Authority may— S. 28(3)(a) amended by Nos 9/2010 s. 137(a), 67/2013 s. 649(Sch. 9 item 14(3)(c)). (a) plan the worker's return to work under the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013;
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