Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Notwithstanding
section 33, where a master, seaman, apprentice or other member of the
crew of a ship —
(a) who
has received a hurt or injury or contracted disease in the service of the
ship; or
(b) who
is suffering from any illness not being venereal disease or an illness due to
his own wilful act or default or to his own misbehaviour,
is by reason thereof
admitted to a public hospital, and the owner of the ship is by law required to
defray the expense of providing hospital service for him in respect of the
hurt, injury, disease, or illness, the owner and the agent of the owner are
jointly and severally liable to pay to the board the prescribed fees for any
hospital service granted in or by the hospital to the master, seaman,
apprentice, or member in respect of the hurt, injury, disease or illness.
(2) Notwithstanding
subsection (1), where the master, seaman, apprentice, or other member of
the crew of a ship is admitted to a public hospital by reason of an injury for
which the member is entitled to compensation under the provisions of the
Workers’ Compensation and Injury Management Act 1981 , the
provisions of that Act apply to the fees for the hospital service granted in
or by the hospital in respect of the injury.
[Section 31A inserted by No. 16 of 1953
s. 4; amended by No. 42 of 2004 s. 161.]
[ 32. Deleted by No. 53 of 1985 s. 25.]