§ 84 — Consequential amendment to Work Injury Compensation Act 2019

84. Section 2 of the Work Injury Compensation Act 2019 is amended by deleting the definition of “adopted child” and substituting the following definition:“ “adopted child”, in relation to a claimant, means any child —(a)

who is adopted by the claimant under the Adoption of Children Act 2022 or any corresponding previous written law; or

(b)

whose adoption by the claimant is recognised by the law or consular authority of the place of nationality of the claimant or the child,

and “adoptive parent” has a corresponding meaning;”.