New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1987 - SECT 63A

63A Rates applicable for occupational rehabilitation services

(1) The amount for which an employer is liable for any occupational rehabilitation service provided to or for the benefit of a worker is such amount as is reasonably appropriate to the service provided, having regard to the reasonable necessity for the service and any guidelines determined by the Authority by order published in the Gazette.

(2) The maximum amount for which an employer is liable for any particular occupational rehabilitation service is such sum (if any) as may be fixed by the Authority in respect of that service by order published in the Gazette.

(3) The maximum amount for which an employer is liable for any occupational rehabilitation services provided to or for the benefit of a worker in respect of the same injury (whether the same or different kinds of services, but not services excluded from this subsection by the regulations) is:

(a) $1,200, or

(b) where some greater amount has been prescribed by the regulations-that greater amount.

(4) On application made from time to time by or on behalf of the worker concerned or of the provider of the services concerned, the Authority or other prescribed person may, subject to the regulations and any order of the Commission, direct that the employer is liable for a further amount to that prescribed by subsection (3).

(5) The regulations may exempt an employer from liability under this Division for occupational rehabilitation services unless the services are approved in the manner, or provided in the circumstances, specified in the regulations.

(6) Any amount for which an employer is liable under this Division in respect of occupational rehabilitation services may be recovered from the employer by the person who provided the service.