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2012, c.61 - An Act to Amend the Workers’ Compensation Act

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2012, c.61
An Act to Amend the
Workers’ Compensation Act
Assented to December 20, 2012
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, enacts as follows:
1Section 38.5 of the Workers’ Compensation Act, chapter W-13 of the Revised Statutes, 1973, is amended
(a) by repealing paragraph (a) and substituting the following:
(a) an amount equal to 40% of the New Brunswick Industrial Aggregate Earnings to assist with necessary expenses of death such as burial,
(b) by adding after paragraph (a) the following:
(a.1) an amount equal to 50% of the New Brunswick Industrial Aggregate Earnings, and