Section 65 — Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW)

Determination of degree of permanent impairment

(1) For the purposes of this Division, the degree of permanent impairment that results from an injury is to be assessed as provided by this section and Part 7 (Medical assessment) of Chapter 7 of the 1998 Act.
(2) If a worker receives more than one injury arising out of the same incident, those injuries are together to be treated as one injury for the purposes of this Division.
(3), (4)

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Related sections

s 64A — Compensation for cost of interpreter services
s 64B — Workers returning to work with new employer
s 64C — Workers receiving weekly payments
s 65A — Special provisions for psychological and psychiatric injury
s 66 — Entitlement to compensation for permanent impairment
s 66A — Agreements for compensation

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