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WSM-2009-L-87630
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Title_of_text
Accident Compensation Amendment Act, 2009 (2009 No. 20).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Samoa
Subjects (Classification)
Employment accident and occupational disease benefit
Adopted on (Date of text)
2009-10-27
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Amends the 1989 Act sections 2 (definition of "accident"); 4 (continuation of corporation); 13(1); 16 (workers); 16A (insertion of new section on workers' spouses); 18 (accidents which occur outside of Samoa); 22A (insertion of new section on double payment of compensation); 23(2)(b)(ii); 24(2); 26 (compensation in case of death); 27(2)(a), 28 (all to do with increasing payments; 33A (insertion of a new section on care living allowance); 33B (insertion of a new section on mobility allowance); 41 (section deleted and replaced with new section on limitation of time for submitting claims); 68A (insertion of new section on special payments upon death or injury). Also inserts a new Third Schedule.
Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
1989 (WSM-1989-L-90994)
Accident Compensation Act, 1989.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line in English and Samoan
Author
Parliament website
Country
Samoa
URL
http://www.parliament.gov.ws
File
WSM87630.pdf (PDF of Act)