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.