Employees' Social Security Act 1969 · Updated to 1 Oct 2024 · Part III · Benefits
23. Presumption as to accident arising in the course of employment
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An accident in the course of an insured person's work is presumed to arise out of that work too. This holds unless there is evidence to the contrary.
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For the purposes of this Act, an accident arising in the course of an insured person’s employment shall be presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, also to have arisen out of that employment.