Subject to this Act, employment injury benefit shall not be payable in respect of—
(a) an accident which occurred outside Saint Lucia;
(b) a prescribed disease contracted whilst an uninsured person was engaged in a prescribed occupation outside Saint Lucia;
(c) any injury sustained wholly through the negligence of the claimant; however, such a claimant shall not be precluded from applying for any other benefit under this Act in respect of medical treatment required by him or her.