RETURN TO WORK ACT 2014 - SECT 51
RETURN TO WORK ACT 2014 - SECT 51
51—Absence of worker from Australia
(1) If a worker who
has suffered a work injury and who is receiving weekly payments under this
Division is to be absent from Australia for a period in excess of
28 days, the worker must, at least 28 days before leaving Australia,
give the Corporation prescribed details of the proposed absence.
(2) If the Corporation
is of the opinion that the absence may impair the prospects of the worker's
recovery or return to work, it may, after giving the worker at least 14 days
notice, in a designated form, of its intention to do so, suspend or reduce the
weekly payments to the worker.
(3) The Corporation
may suspend weekly payments that are being made to a worker who is absent from
Australia—
(a) if
the Corporation cannot obtain, to its satisfaction, information relating
to—
(i)
the whereabouts of the worker; or
(ii)
the continuance of the worker's injury or incapacity for
work; or
(iii)
the earning capacity of the worker; or
(b) if
there is, in the opinion of the Corporation, some other proper reason
justifying suspension of the weekly payments.
(4) If an injured
worker leaves Australia without giving the notice required under
subsection (1), the Corporation may suspend weekly payments to the
worker.