(1)  Where an employer has received a claim for compensation in relation to an injury to a worker employed by the employer and the worker's first pay day after receipt of that claim –

(a) is not later than 14 days after the receipt of that claim, the employer must –

(i) if it is reasonably practicable to do so, commence making weekly payments to the worker on the first pay day; or

(ii) in any other case, commence making weekly payments to the worker not later than 14 days after receipt by the employer of the worker's claim for compensation; or

(b) is later than 14 days after the receipt of that claim, the employer must commence making weekly payments of compensation on that pay day.

(2)  An employer who fails to comply with subsection (1) is guilty of an offence.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine not exceeding 5 penalty units for each day during which the offence continues.

(3)  Weekly payments payable under this section are payable from –

(a) the date of the incapacity; or

(b) 14 days before the date on which the claim for compensation was given to the employer under section 34  –

whichever is the later.

(4)  In this section, pay day means the day on which the worker would normally receive salary or wages from the worker's employer.