If a member is injured while attending at a place of education for the purposes specified in the Act, but the member is on LWOP, coverage can not be extended under S6(1)(v) or (vi).
Note, however, that care must be taken to identify with precise accuracy whether the member was on LWOP at the time of the injury. This is illustrated by the following circumstances:
This exclusion was originally included in the 1971 Act to ensure that employees who availed themselves of full time study leave without pay did not attract cover during that time (the wording in the 1971 Act specifically referred to full-time attendance on LWOP). In the SRCA, this exclusion has been extended to any LWOP for education purposes.
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