WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 23D

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 23D

23D .         Recognition of previous determinations

        (1)         This section applies if a determination of the State with which a worker’s employment is connected has been made —

            (a)         by a court of this State under section 23B or 23C; or

            (b)         by a court of another State under a provision of a law that corresponds with section 23B or 23C; or

            (c)         by a court of this State or another State in the course of proceedings on a claim for damages to which Part IV Division 1a applies or to which provisions of a law of another State corresponding to that Division apply.

        (2)         The State determined as mentioned in subsection (1) is to be recognised for the purposes of this Act as the State with which the worker’s employment is connected.

        (3)         This section does not prevent any appeal relating to the determination.

        (4)         If the determination is altered on appeal, the altered determination is to be recognised under subsection (2).

        [Section 23D inserted: No. 36 of 2004 s. 9.]