National Nuclear Regulator Act, 1999 (Act No. 47 of 1999)Chapter 4 : Financial Security and Liability35. Compensation for injuries of Regulator's employees |
| (1) | If a person who is employed in any capacity by or on behalf of the Regulator, while so performing services, suffers a personal injury or contracts a disease attributable to ionizing radiation from any radioactive material, or to the flammable, explosive, poisonous or special properties of radioactive material, or to the ionizing radiation produced by any apparatus, and in respect of which no liability can be established in terms of section 30, 31 or 32, the Regulator must, subject to subsection (2)— |
| (a) | defray all reasonable expenses incurred by or on behalf of such person in respect of any medical treatment, including, but not limited to, the supply and maintenance of any artificial part of the body or other device, necessitated by such injury or disease; and |
| (b) | pay compensation in respect of disablement or death caused by such injury or disease. |
| (2) | Nothing in this section precludes an employee of the Regulator from claiming a benefit in terms of the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act, 1993 (Act No. 130 of 1993), but such employee may not benefit both in terms of this Act and the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act, 1993. |
| (3) | Nothing in this section affects any right, which any person has in terms of any contract of employment, to benefits more favourable than those to which that person may be entitled in terms of this section. |