New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WORKERS COMPENSATION COMMISSION RULES 2006 - REG 10.4

10.4 Reply by respondent

(1) The respondent in any proceedings must, within 21 days from the date of registration of the application to resolve a dispute in the proceedings, lodge a reply to the application and serve a sealed copy of the reply on the applicant and any other party to the proceedings.

(2) If the applicant is an employer (but not a self-insurer), the respondent must also serve the reply on the employer’s insurer.

(3) Without leave of the Commission, the failure of a worker to notify of an injury as required by the Workers Compensation Acts may not be raised as an issue in the reply by the respondent if that issue has not been included in the notice given in accordance with section 74 of the 1998 Act.