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Forests Act 1958
72NApplication for special consideration
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72N Application for special consideration
(1) An application for special consideration must be—
(a) in the prescribed manner and form; and
(b) made to the Authority or a self-insurer (as appropriate).
(2) An application for special consideration may only be made—
(a) at the same time as a claim for compensation is made; or
(b) after a claim for compensation has been made but before the claim has been accepted or rejected; or
(c) within the period of 60 days after the claim for compensation has been rejected.
(3) In subsection (2) and section 72O, a ***claim* *for compensation*** means a claim forcompensation under the **Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013** in respect of which the presumption under section 72E or 72H is invoked.
S. 72O inserted by No. 46/2021 s. 6.