New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WORKERS' COMPENSATION (DUST DISEASES) REGULATION 2008 - REG 8

8 Applications for compensation

(1) An application for compensation is to be made to the board in a form approved by the board.

(2) The board may require an applicant for compensation for total or partial disablement to furnish to the board full and correct information concerning:

(a) the applicant’s present and previous employments and engagements, whether as a worker or otherwise, in and outside New South Wales, and

(b) the applicant’s dependants and the extent of their dependency.

(3) An applicant for compensation must not, in support of the application, make or sign a statement that the applicant knows to be false or misleading in a material particular.

Maximum penalty: 1 penalty unit.