Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 section 69

Interpretation

Section 69 defines the key terms used throughout the occupational injuries benefit provisions.

• The injury benefit period runs for 156 days (excluding Sundays) from the date of the workplace accident
• A claimant includes anyone seeking benefit or requesting an official determination on whether an accident qualifies as occupational
• Statutory sick leave days taken under the Sick Leave Act 2022 count towards calculating the 156-day injury benefit period
• Loss of physical faculty includes disfigurement, even where there is no actual functional impairment