WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 176
WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 176
176 . Exclusive jurisdiction of arbitrators
(1) In this Part
—
dispute means —
(a) a
dispute in connection with a claim for compensation, or the liability to pay
compensation, under this Act;
(b) a
dispute in connection with an obligation imposed under Part IX;
(c) any
other dispute or matter for which provision is made under this Act for
determination by an arbitrator;
(d) any
other matter of a kind prescribed by the regulations.
(2) A proceeding for
the determination of a dispute is not capable of being brought other than
under this Part.
(3) Subject to this
Act, arbitrators have exclusive jurisdiction to examine, hear and determine
all disputes.
[Section 176 inserted: No. 42 of 2004 s. 130;
amended: No. 31 of 2011 s. 41.]