Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act, 1993 (Act No. 130 of 1993)Chapter IV : Compensation for occupational injuries25. Accidents during training for or performance of emergency services |
If an employee meets with an accident—
| (a) | while he is, with the consent of his employer, being trained in organised first aid, ambulance or rescue work, fire-fighting or any other emergency service; |
| (b) | while he is engaged in or about his employer's mine, works or premises in organised first aid, ambulance or rescue work, fire-fighting or any other emergency service ; |
| (c) | while he is, with the consent of his employer, engaged in any organised first aid, ambulance or rescue work, fire-fighting or other emergency service on any mine, works or premises other than his employer's, |
such accident shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to have arisen out of and in the course of his employment.