Right to payment of person disabled with silicosis
1(1)Where, in the opinion of the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission, a workman
(a)
is or becomes disabled and cannot continue his ordinary occupation, or
(b)
dies or has died after June 1, 1948,
because he contracted silicosis in the course of his employment in New Brunswick prior to June 1, 1948, the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission shall make a monthly payment to the workman or his widow at the rate prescribed by regulation.
Right to payment of widow
1(2)Where a workman to whom payment has been awarded under this Act dies or has died, payment at the rate prescribed by regulation shall be made to his widow during her lifetime or until she remarries.
Right to payment of widow
1(3)If such a widow remarries, payment at the rate prescribed by regulation shall cease but she shall be entitled in lieu of such payment to a sum equal to one year’s payments.
1955, c.7, s.1; 1958, c.18, s.1; 1960-61, c.69, s.1; 1963(2nd Sess.), c.39, s.1; 1965, c.38, s.1; 1972, c.64, s.1, 2; 1974, c.46(Supp.), s.1; 1979, c.66, s.1; 1981, c.80, s.30; 1984, c.14, s.1; 1994, c.70, s.10