A-3.001 - Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases

Section 577 Disposition versions

1985-05-28

577. A person recognized by the Commission or its review board as suffering from permanent disability resulting from asbestosis or silicosis and who, for that reason, received before the coming into force of Chapter III, benefits under the Workers’ Compensation Act (chapter A-3) or an indemnity under the Act respecting indemnities for victims of asbestosis or silicosis in mines and quarries (chapter I-7), is entitled to keep the benefits or indemnity he received and to continue to receive such benefits or indemnity, as the case may be, notwithstanding any subsequent decision or judgment denying his right to the benefits or indemnity, unless obtained by fraud.

A person who received benefits before the date of coming into force of Chapter III, pursuant to the Workers’ Compensation Act following the death of a worker recognized by the Commission or its review board as having died by reason of asbestosis or silicosis benefits from the rights provided for in the first paragraph.

The cost of the benefits or indemnity contemplated in the first or second paragraph is charged to the employers of all units.

This section is declaratory.

1985, c. 6, s. 577.