WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 303
WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 303
303 . Compensation payments not assignable
(1) A payment of
compensation, or a sum paid by way of redemption thereof, is not capable of
being assigned, charged or attached, and shall not pass to another person by
operation of the law, nor shall any claim be set off against such payment or
sum, except in respect of voluntary advances of future compensation made by an
employer or insurer with the approval of the Director.
(2) A person who
purports or agrees to do anything the doing of which is prevented by
subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5 000.
[Section 303, formerly section 183, amended: No.
48 of 1993 s. 28(1); No. 34 of 1999 s. 50; No. 42 of 2004 s. 134 and
renumbered as section 303: No. 42 of 2004 s. 154(1).]