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Samoa - Employment accident and occupational disease benefit - Law, Act

Accident Compensation Amendment Act 2019 (2019, No. 12). -

Adoption: 2019-03-21 | WSM-2019-L-111362

Samoa - Employment accident and occupational disease benefit - Law, Act

Accident Compensation Amendment Act, 2009 (2009 No. 20). -

Adoption: 2009-10-27 | WSM-2009-L-87630

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.

Samoa - Employment accident and occupational disease benefit - Law, Act

Accident Compensation Amendment Act 2003 (No. 7 2003). -

Adoption: 2003-06-17 | WSM-2003-L-70883

Amends the Accident Compensation Act 1989. Regulates the provision of compensation in case of accident including workplace accidents.

Samoa - Employment accident and occupational disease benefit - Law, Act

Accident Compensation Amendment Act 1997 (No. 8 of 1997). -

Adoption: 1997-04-14 | WSM-1997-L-70891

Samoa - Employment accident and occupational disease benefit - Law, Act

Accident Compensation Act, 1989. -

Adoption: 1989 | WSM-1989-L-90994

AN ACT to consolidate and amend the Accident Compensation Act 1978 and its amendments and to continue to make provision for general safety and the prevention of accidents; for the rehabilitation and compensation of workers who suffer personal injury by accident arising out of and in the course of their employment or who contract certain occupational diseases and of persons who in Samoa suffer personal injury by an accident occurring in connection with the use of certain types of conveyances; and for the compensation of certain dependants of those workers and persons where death results from the injury.

Part I - Preliminary
Part II - Accident Compensation Corporation
Part III - Eligibility for Rehabilitation and Compensation
Part IV - Compensation and Benefits
Part V - Procedure
Part VI - Finance and Adminsitration
Part VII - Self-Employed Persons
Part VIII - Miscellaneous