WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 93EC
WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 93EC
93EC . Time for commencing action for damages extended in some cases
If —
(a)
under section 93EA(5)(b)(i) or 93EB(5)(b)(i), the Director notifies a worker
that the referral of a question relating to an injury is accepted and that
this section applies; and
(b) the
time limited by any written law for the commencement of an action seeking
damages in respect of the injury —
(i)
has elapsed before the day on which the Director notifies
the worker (the notification day ); or
(ii)
is due to elapse on the notification day or before the
expiry of a period of 2 years after the notification day,
an action seeking
damages in respect of the injury may, despite that written law, be commenced
at any time before the expiry of a period of 2 years after the notification
day.
[Section 93EC inserted: No. 35 of 2004 s. 10;
amended: No. 42 of 2004 s. 146 and 147.]