A-3.001 - Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases

Section 443 Disposition versions

2024-09-27

443. A beneficiary who may bring a civil liability action must elect to do so and notify the Commission thereof within six months or, in the case of a worker’s claim for an employment injury resulting from sexual violence, within two years, of the industrial accident of the date on which it was medically established and brought to the knowledge of the worker that he was suffering from an occupational disease or, as the case may be, of the death resulting from an employment injury.

Notwithstanding the first paragraph, a beneficiary who may bring a civil liability action for a fault contemplated in subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph of section 441 must elect to do so and notify the Commission thereof not later than six months or, in the case of a worker’s claim for an employment injury resulting from sexual violence, not later than two years, after the date of the admission of guilt or the final conviction.

If the beneficiary fails to make the election provided for in the first or second paragraph, he is deemed to have renounced the benefits provided in this Act.

1985, c. 6, s. 443; 1999, c. 40, s. 4; 2024, c. 4, s. 14.

1999-10-22

443. A beneficiary who may bring a civil liability action must elect to do so and notify the Commission thereof within six months of the industrial accident of the date on which it was medically established and brought to the knowledge of the worker that he was suffering from an occupational disease or, as the case may be, of the death resulting from an employment injury.

Notwithstanding the first paragraph, a beneficiary who may bring a civil liability action for a fault contemplated in subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph of section 441 must elect to do so and notify the Commission thereof not later than six months after the date of the admission of guilt or the final conviction.

If the beneficiary fails to make the election provided for in the first or second paragraph, he is deemed to have renounced the benefits provided in this Act.

1985, c. 6, s. 443; 1999, c. 40, s. 4.

1999-04-01

443. A beneficiary who may bring a civil liability action must elect to do so and notify the Commission thereof within 6 months of the industrial accident of the date on which it was medically established and brought to the knowledge of the worker that he was suffering from an occupational disease or, as the case may be, of the death resulting from an employment injury.

Notwithstanding the first paragraph, a beneficiary who may bring a civil liability action for a fault contemplated in subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph of section 441 must elect to do so and notify the Commission thereof not later than 6 months after the date of the admission of guilt or the final conviction.

If the beneficiary fails to make the election provided for in the first or second paragraph, he is presumed to have renounced the benefits provided in this Act.

1985, c. 6, s. 443.