Acts and Regulations

W-13 - Workers’ Compensation Act

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Application of Part I
2(1)Subject to subsections (3) and to section 6, this Part applies to all employers and workers in or about any industry in the Province.
2(2)Repealed: 1980, c.56, s.2
2(3)Subject to sections 4 and 6, this Part does not apply to the following:
(a) persons whose employment is of a casual nature and otherwise than for the purposes of the industry;
(a.1) persons who play sports as their main source of income;
(b) outworkers;
(b.1) Repealed: 1981, c.80, s.4
(c) members of the family of the employer residing with the employer who are under sixteen years of age; and
(d) persons employed as domestic servants.
R.S., c.255, s.2; 1955, c.81, s.3, 4; 1959, c.79, s.1, 2; 1961-62, c.72, s.2; 1978, c.61, s.1; 1980, c.56, s.2; 1981, c.80, s.3, 4; 1989, c.65, s.2