3914Application for arbitration—liability and particulars

3914 Application for arbitration—liability and particulars subject to answer (1) An answer to an application for arbitration must admit or deny each claim and admit or deny each particular set out in the application. (2) If no admission or denial of a claim or particular is made, the claim or particular is taken to be admitted.

Rule 3915 (3) If a respondent worker does not file an answer, subrule (2) does not apply to a particular denying, completely or partly, liability to pay compensation. (4) If a respondent employer wishes to deny a claim or particular, but has not done so in an answer, the court may— (a) allow the respondent to raise a matter the respondent should have included, or given notice of, in an answer; or (b) adjourn the arbitration to a stated time or for a stated period to allow the respondent to file an answer.