WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 158I

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 158I

158I .         WorkCover WA may direct modification etc. of programs

        (1)         WorkCover WA may, as it sees fit, but subject to this Part and any regulations in relation to the administration of funds for specialised retraining programs, and having regard to the results of a review under section 158H in relation to a worker, give a written direction to the worker’s employer or the employer’s insurer to modify, suspend or cease the amounts payable in respect of the worker’s participation in the program.

        (2)         Without affecting subsection (1) WorkCover WA may give a written direction to the worker’s employer or the employer’s insurer to do any of the following —

            (a)         suspend any entitlement that a worker has under an agreement under section 158E if WorkCover WA is of the opinion that the worker has not complied, or is not complying, with a provision of the agreement;

            (b)         cease the entitlement if the worker does not, within one month of being requested in writing by WorkCover WA to do so, comply with the provision;

            (c)         modify, suspend or cease the amounts payable in respect of the worker’s participation in the program if the worker fails a course requirement or does not achieve the results that, in the opinion of WorkCover WA, are required for the course to be successfully completed.

        [Section 158I inserted: No. 42 of 2004 s. 119.]