WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1987 - SECT 33 Weekly compensation during total or partial incapacity for work

WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1987 - SECT 33

33 Weekly compensation during total or partial incapacity for work

(cf former s 9 (1))

If total or partial incapacity for work results from an injury, the compensation payable by the employer under this Act to the injured worker shall include a weekly payment during the incapacity.

Note : Chapter 3 of the 1998 Act (Workplace injury management) provides that, if a worker fails unreasonably to comply with a requirement of that Chapter after being requested to do so by an insurer, the worker has no entitlement to weekly payments of compensation for the period that the failure continues.