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WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT - SECT 124

Revocation or suspension of approval

    (1)     The Authority may at any time, in its absolute discretion, by notice in writing to an approved insurer or self-insurer, revoke or suspend for the period specified in the notice the insurer's or self-insurer's approval under this Division.

    (2)     A notice under subsection (1) shall be accompanied by a statement of the Authority's reasons for revoking or suspending the approval.

    (3)     As soon as practicable after it revokes or suspends the approval of an approved insurer or self-insurer the Authority shall cause to be published in a newspaper circulating throughout the Territory a notice of that fact.

    (4)     The revocation under this section of an approval shall not:

        (a)     annul a policy of insurance issued before the revocation; or

        (b)     diminish or otherwise affect the liability of the insurer under a policy referred to in paragraph (a) or of an employer in relation to his or her status under this Act as a self-insurer before the revocation.

    (5)     For the purposes of this Act, an insurer or self-insurer whose approval is suspended under this section is not to be taken to be an approved insurer or self-insurer during the period of the suspension.



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