Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Accident Compensation Act 1985 - SECT 46

Admissibility of statements by injured workers

46. Admissibility of statements by injured workers





(1) If a worker after receiving an injury makes any statement in writing in
relation to that injury to the worker's employer or to the Authority or to any
person acting on behalf of the employer or the Authority, the statement shall
not be admitted to evidence if tendered or used by the employer or the
Authority in any proceedings under this Act unless the employer or the
Authority has, at least 14 days before the hearing, furnished to the worker or
to the worker's legal practitioner or agent a copy in writing of the
statement.

(2) In proceedings for revocation of a direction given by a Conciliation
Officer, the County Court or the Tribunal, as the case requires, may dispense
with the requirement that a copy of the statement be furnished at least 14
days before the hearing or may shorten that period.