Ch 17 Travel Injuries

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17.1 Summary - Injury during Specified Travel

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17.1.1 SRCA

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17.1.2 1971 Act

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17.1.3 1930 Act

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17.2 The Nature and Limits of 'specified travel' - SRCA

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17.2.1 General and provisions of S6(2)

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17.2.2 What does 'interrupted travel' mean?

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17.2.3 Examples - No interruption of journey

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17.2.4 Examples - Interruption of journey

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17.2.5 What does 'substantially increased the risk of injury' mean?

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17.2.6 Case examples

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17.2.7 Compared with a more direct route

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17.3 SRCA Provisions by Type of Travel or Destination

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17.3.1 Place of work

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17.3.2 Place of residence

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17.4 Injury Travelling between Work and Residence

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17.4.1 Travel during an ordinary recess

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17.5 Travelling to and from a Temporary Residence

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17.6 Travelling to Employment Related Education

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17.6.1 Place of education

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17.6.2 Attendance as a condition of employment

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17.6.3 Attendance at the request or direction of the employer

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17.6.4 Attendance with the approval of the employer

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17.6.5 Oral approval for attendance

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17.6.6 Ambit of an approval

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17.6.7 Example - Approval for attendance outside hours of duty

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17.6.8 Attending the library out of hours

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17.6.9 Residential courses

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17.6.10 Exclusion on education coverage affected by leave without pay (LWOP)

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17.7 Travel for Purposes of Compensation Administration

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17.7.1 Injury while travelling to the appointment

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17.8 Investigation of Travel Claims

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