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WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988 - SECT 67G Failure to dispute liability in respect of death of worker

WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988 - SECT 67G

Failure to dispute liability in respect of death of worker

Where an employer has received a claim for compensation in relation to the death of a worker employed by the employer and the employer does not, in accordance with section 67F(1) , dispute liability to pay compensation to a dependant of the deceased worker, the employer is taken to have accepted liability in respect of that claim including –
(a) entitlement to compensation under section 25; and
(b) dependency or a degree of dependency; and
(c) entitlement to weekly payments of compensation or lump sum compensation.