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WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988 - SECT 67C Timing of weekly payments

WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988 - SECT 67C

Timing of weekly payments

(1)  Weekly payments payable to a dependent spouse or dependent caring partner of a deceased worker under this Act are payable on the days on which, and at the intervals at which, the worker would normally have been paid salary or wages if the worker had continued in his or her employment.
(2)  Weekly payments payable to a dependent child under this Act are payable fortnightly, monthly or quarterly as may be agreed between the employer, the employer’s insurer and the person to whom the payment is to be made.
(3)  An employer required to make weekly payments must do so in accordance with subsections (1) and (2) .
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.