A-3 - Workers’ Compensation Act

Section 39 Disposition versions

1977-12-31

39. (1)  The amounts payable under section 38 shall be revalorized by adding the following percentages in the following cases:

(a)  if the accident occurred between 31 August 1931 and 1 July 1947: 60%;

(b)  if the accident occurred between 30 June 1947 and 1 February 1952: 40%;

(c)  if the accident occurred between 31 January 1952 and 1 January 1955: 27%;

(d)  if the accident occurred between 31 December 1954 and 1 January 1960: 10%.

(2)  The revalorization shall apply to amounts payable after 30 September 1964.

(3)  The obligation to pay the increase in compensation resulting from the revalorization shall devolve upon the accident fund or the employer in the same manner as the obligation to pay the compensation.

R. S. 1964, c. 159, s. 38.