Employees' Social Security Act 1969 · Updated to 1 Oct 2024 · Part III · Benefits
22. Disablement benefit
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A person with temporary disablement gets regular payments under the Fourth Schedule while it lasts. No temporary disablement payment is due unless it lasts at least four days, including the day of the accident. Permanent disablement, total or partial, also brings regular payments. Payment lasts for life, or for a limited period if assessed only for that period.
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Subject to this Act and the regulations, if any—
a person who sustains temporary disablement shall be entitled to periodical payment for the period of such disablement in accordance with the provisions of the Fourth
Schedule:
Provided that no temporary disablement benefit shall be payable unless the temporary disablement lasts for a period of at least four days including the day of the accident:
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Provided further that for the purposes of this section and whether or not the person who sustains the employment injury is paid wages on the day of the employment injury, the commencement of the calculation of the period of four days shall begin from the day of sustaining the employment injury;
a person who sustains permanent disablement, whether total or partial, shall be entitled to periodical payment for such disablement in accordance with the provisions of the
Fourth Schedule:
Provided that where permanent disablement, whether total or partial, has been assessed provisionally for a limited period or finally, the benefit provided under this paragraph shall be payable for that limited period or, as the case may be, for life.