SAFETY, REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988 - SECT 47 Notice of common law claims against Commonwealth
SAFETY, REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988 - SECT 47
Notice of common law claims against Commonwealth(a) compensation is payable under this Act in respect of the death of an employee or an injury to an employee; and
(b) the employee, or a dependant of the deceased employee, as the case may be, makes a claim for damages in respect of the death or injury against the Commonwealth, a Commonwealth authority, a licensed corporation or another employee;
the employee or dependant must, as soon as practicable but in any event not later than 7 days after the day on which he or she first became aware of the claim, notify Comcare in writing of the claim.
(2) Subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal
Code .