Lifetime Care and Support (Catastrophic Injuries) Act 2014
90ARecovery of LTCS payments from uninsured employer
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90A Recovery of LTCS payments from uninsured employer (1) This section applies if— (a) a participant in the LTCS scheme has a work injury; and (b) when the work injury happened, the participant’s employer was uninsured. (2) The LTCS commissioner may recover as a debt from the employer the present value of the commissioner’s treatment and care liabilities in relation to the participant’s work injury.
employer does not include a licensed self-insurer. uninsured—an employer of a participant with a work injury is uninsured if the employer does not have a compulsory insurance policy that applies to the participant in relation to the participant’s work injury. Note Compulsory insurance policy—see the Workers Compensation Act 1951, s 144. Licensed self-insurer—see the Workers Compensation Act 1951, dictionary.