WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 218
WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 218
218 . Payment of compensation to person under legal disability
(1) A question as to
the payment of compensation that is payable to a worker under a legal
disability to give an effective discharge for payment may be determined on
application under this Division as a dispute.
(2) An arbitrator may
order that compensation that is payable to a worker under a legal disability
to give an effective discharge for payment is to be paid to WorkCover WA and
applied in the manner specified in the order.
[(3) deleted]
(4) After it has been
ordered under subsection (2) that compensation be paid to WorkCover WA, a
question as to whether the compensation should be applied differently may be
determined on application under this Division as a dispute.
(5) An arbitrator may
make such orders under subsections (1) and (4) as the arbitrator thinks fit.
[Section 218 inserted: No. 42 of 2004 s. 130;
amended: No. 31 of 2011 s. 59; No. 8 of 2018 s. 9.]
[Heading deleted: No. 31 of 2011 s. 60.]