Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005
Adjustments for successive accidents.
[1993 s58(1); 2005 (SW&P) s5]
79.—(1) Where a person suffers 2 or more successive accidents against which he or she is insured by occupational injuries insurance, regulations may provide for adjusting—
(a) injury benefit or disablement benefit, or the conditions for the receipt of injury benefit or disablement benefit, in any case where the person has received, or may be entitled to, a disablement gratuity,
(b) any increase of benefit referred to in subsection (2), or the conditions for the receipt of any such increase.
[1993 s58(2); 2005 (SW&P) s5(1)]
(2) An increase of benefit referred to in subsection (1) is an increase in the rate of injury benefit or of disablement pension under sections 76, 77 and 78.
Annotations
Editorial Notes:
E722
Power pursuant to subs. (1) exercised (12.03.2007) by Social Welfare (Consolidated Occupational Injuries) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 102 of 2007), arts. 12 and 13, in effect as per art. 2.
E723
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to statutory precursor of subs. (1) exercised (1.05.1967) by Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) Regulations 1967 (S.I. No. 77 of 1967), arts. 10 and 11, in effect as per art. 2; art. 10 amended (27.03.1986) by Social Welfare (Amendment of Miscellaneous Social Insurance Provisions) Regulations 1986 (S.I. No. 81 of 1986), art. 7(1)(c); continued in force (1.12.2005) by s. 362(2) as if made under this Act; revoked (12.03.2007) by Social Welfare (Consolidated Occupational Injuries) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 102 of 2007), art. 5 and sch. 6, in effect as per art. 2.