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4th Session, 42nd Legislature

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Bill 6

THE WORKERS COMPENSATION AMENDMENT ACT


  Bilingual version (PDF) Explanatory Note

(Assented to                                         )

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:

C.C.S.M. c. W200 amended

1

The Workers Compensation Act is amended by this Act.

2

Subsection 4(5.2) is amended by striking out "or" at the end of clause (m) and adding the following after clause (n):

(o) a primary site thyroid cancer;

(p) a primary site pancreatic cancer;

(q) a primary site ovarian cancer;

(r) a primary site cervical cancer; or

(s) a primary site penile cancer.

Coming into force

3

This Act comes into force on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

Explanatory Note

The Workers Compensation Act lists specific illnesses and injuries presumed to be caused by firefighting, unless the contrary is proven. This Bill expands the list to include primary site thyroid, pancreatic, ovarian, cervical and penile cancers.