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Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act, 1993 (Act No. 130 of 1993)Chapter VI : Determination and calculation of compensation48. Expiry of compensation for temporary total or partial disablement |
| (1) | The right to compensation for temporary total or partial disablement shall expire— |
| (a) | upon the termination of such disablement or if the employee resumes the work upon which he was employed at the time of the accident or occupational disease or resumes any other work at the same or greater earnings; |
| (b) | if the employee is awarded compensation for permanent disablement. |
| (2) | Notwithstanding subsection (1) the Director-General may, and the employer individually liable or mutual association concerned, as the case may be, shall, if directed thereto by the Director-General, again award compensation for temporary total or partial disablement if— |
| (a) | the disablement of the employee concerned recurs or deteriorates; or |
| (b) | the employee receives further medical aid necessitating further absence from his service, provided that such aid will in the opinion of the Director-General reduce his disablement. |
| (3) | If the Director-General awards compensation under subsection (2), he may suspend or direct the employer individually liable or mutual association concerned, as the case maybe, to suspend any pension payments to the employee concerned in respect of the same accident for so long as such employee is receiving periodical payments. |
