Statutes of Newfoundland and Labrador 2022 Chapter 27

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

RSNL1990 cW-11
as amended

1. (1) Paragraph 92.1(e) of the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Act is amended by deleting the word "or" at the end of subparagraph (x), deleting the semi-colon and the word "and" at the end of subparagraph (xi) and substituting a comma and adding immediately after that subparagraph the following:

(xii) a primary site penile cancer,

(xiii) a primary site pancreatic cancer,

(xiv) a primary site thyroid cancer,

(xv) multiple myeloma,

(xvi) a primary site prostate cancer,

(xvii) a primary site cervical cancer,

(xviii) a primary site ovarian cancer,

(xix) a primary site skin cancer, or

(2) Paragraph 92.1(e) of the Act is amended by adding immediately after subparagraph (xix) the following:

(xx) an injury to the heart that manifests within 24 hours after attendance at an emergency response; and

2. Section 92.4 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Application

92.4 The presumption in section 92.2 applies to

(a) a firefighter who is diagnosed with a listed disease referred to in subparagraphs 92.1(e)(i) to (xi) on or after December 14, 2015;

(b) a volunteer firefighter who is diagnosed with a listed disease referred to in subparagraphs 92.1(e)(i) to (xi) on or after January 1, 2017;

(c) a firefighter or volunteer firefighter who is diagnosed with a listed disease referred to in subparagraphs 92.1(e)(xii) to (xix) on or after December 18, 2019; and

(d) a firefighter or volunteer firefighter who is diagnosed with a listed disease referred to in subparagraph 92.1(e)(xx) on or after November 30, 2022.

Commencement

3. (1) Subsection 1(1) is considered to have come into force on December 18, 2019.

(2) Subsection 1(2) comes into force on November 30, 2022.