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Accident Compensation Act, 1989.

Country(ies)

Samoa

Subjects (Classification)

Employment accident and occupational disease benefit

Adopted on (Date of text)

1989

Scope of text

National

Type of legislation (Type of text)

Law, Act

Abstract/Citation

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