WORKPLACE INJURY REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 2013 - SECT 21 Acknowledgement or notice of claim

WORKPLACE INJURY REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 2013 - SECT 21

    (1)     If the employer or self-insurer or the Authority receives from a worker a claim for compensation made in accordance with section 20, the employer or self-insurer or the Authority must, as soon as is reasonably practicable, give the worker acknowledgement in writing that the claim has been received.

    (2)     A worker may notify the Authority that the worker has given to or served on the employer a claim for compensation in the form of weekly payments by giving to the Authority—

        (a)     a copy of the claim signed and dated by the worker; and

        (b)     a copy of the relevant medical certificate in accordance with section 25.