The Acts of the Parliament of Western Australia

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Government Printer, South Africa, 1909

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Page 137 - ... and if served by post shall be deemed to have been served at the time when the letter containing the same would have been delivered in the ordinary...
Page 19 - MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN — We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled, towards making good the supply which we have cheerfully granted to Your Majesty in this session of Parliament, have resolved to grant unto Your Majesty the sum herein-after mentioned...
Page 141 - If the workman leaves any dependants wholly dependent upon his earnings at the time of his death, a sum equal to his earnings in the employment of the same employer during the three years next preceding the injury...
Page 135 - If in any employment to which this Act applies personal injury by accident arising out of and in the course of the employment is caused to a workman, his employer shall, subject as hereinafter mentioned, be liable to pay compensation in accordance with the First Schedule to this Act.
Page 137 - The notice may also be served by post by a registered letter addressed to the person on whom it is to be served at his last known place of residence or place of business...
Page 143 - Where any weekly payment has been continued for not less than six months, the liability therefor may, on application by or on behalf of the employer, be redeemed...
Page 141 - Act, and any lump sum paid in redemption thereof, shall be deducted from such sum, and, if the period of the workman's employment by the said employer has been less than the said three years, then the amount of his earnings during the said three years shall be deemed to be one hundred and fifty-six times his average weekly earnings during the period of his actual employment under the said employer...
Page 139 - ... then in the event of the employer becoming bankrupt, or making a composition or arrangement with his creditors, or if the employer is a company...
Page 135 - Provided that: — (a) The employer shall not be liable under this act in respect of any injury which does not disable the workman for a period of at least two weeks from earning full wages at the work at which he was employed...
Page 142 - ... in the case of partial incapacity the weekly payment shall in no case exceed the difference between the amount of the average weekly earnings of the workman before the accident and the average...

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