Firefighters' Presumption Regulations
Regulation- Registration
- R-039-2010
- Source
- Unofficial consolidation PDF (justice.gov.nt.ca)
- Under
- Workers' Compensation Act
This is an unofficial reading copy parsed from the Department of Justice consolidation PDF above — itself an office consolidation, not an official statement of the law. The authoritative text is in the Revised Statutes of the Northwest Territories, 1988 and the annual Statutes volumes.
- s.sched_2 amended by R-099-2015, art. 2
The Commissioner, on the recommendation of the Minister, under sections 14.1 and 169 of the Workers’ Compensation Act and every enabling power, makes the Firefighters’ Presumption Regulations.
PRESUMPTION REGULATIONS
The minimum period of employment of the firefighter, pursuant to paragraph 14.1(2)(b) of the Act, is set out in the Schedule for each listed disease.
The minimum period the firefighter has been a non-smoker before the date of the disability referred to in subsection 14.1(3) of the Act is
(a) none if the firefighter has smoked, in his or her lifetime
(i) less than 360 cigarettes,
(ii) less than 360 cigars,
(iii) less than 360 pipes, or
(iv) less than 360 cigarettes, cigars and pipes;
(b) none if the firefighter has smoked on average less than seven cigars or pipes per week;
(c) in the case of cigarettes
(i) six years if the firefighter smoked on average less than seven per week,
(ii) six years if the firefighter smoked on average one to nine per day,
(iii) 13 years if the firefighter smoked on average 10 to 19 per day,
(iv) 18 years if the firefighter smoked on average 20 per day,
(v) 23 years if the firefighter smoked on average 21 to 39 per day, and
(vi) 28 years if the firefighter smoked on average 40 or more per day;
(d) in the case of cigars or pipes, eight years if the firefighter smoked on average one or more than one per day; and
(e) if the firefighter smoked cigarettes in combination with cigars or pipes, the minimum period determined in accordance with paragraph (c) with a cigar or a pipe counting as a cigarette.
SCHEDULE
Diseases and Minimum Work Periods
COLUMN 1
Listed Disease
1. Cardiac arrest within 24 hours after attendance at an emergency response
2. Multiple myeloma
3. Primary leukemia
4. Primary non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
5. Primary site bladder cancer
6. Primary site brain cancer
7. Primary site breast cancer
8. Primary site colo-rectal cancer
9. Primary site esophageal cancer
10. Primary site kidney cancer
11. Primary site lung cancer
12. Primary site prostate cancer
13. Primary site skin cancer (including primary epithelioma)
14. Primary site testicular cancer
15. Primary site ureter cancer
APPENDICE
ANNEXE
Maladies et périodes d’emploi minimales
COLONNE 1
Maladie inscrite
1. Arrêt cardiaque dans les 24 heures après avoir participé à une intervention en cas d’urgence
2. Myélome multiple
3. Leucémie primitive
4. Lymphome non hodgkinien primitif
5. Cancer primitif de la vessie
6. Cancer primitif du cerveau
7. Cancer primitif du sein
8. Cancer colorectal primitif
9. Cancer primitif de l’oesophage
10. Cancer primitif du rein
11. Cancer primitif du poumon
12. Cancer primitif de la prostate
13. Cancer primitif de la peau (y compris les carcinomes primaires)
14. Cancer testiculaire primitif
15. Cancer primitif de l’uretère