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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.]