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Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004
143Giving copies of defence‑related claims etc.
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#### 143 Giving copies of defence‑related claims etc.
(1) The MRCC must give a copy of a defence‑related claim made by or in respect of an employee to the employee’s service chief if the employee was a member of the Defence Force at the time when the relevant injury or accident occurred or the relevant disease was contracted.
(2) Comcare must give a copy of each defence‑related claim made before the MRCA commencement date but not determined before that date, and a copy of any other document it has that is relevant to that claim, to the MRCC.
(3) Comcare must also give to the MRCC a copy of each notice given to Comcare under section 53 before the MRCA commencement date if the notice relates to an injury, loss or damage for which a defence‑related claim might be made.
(4) Subsection 54(4) does not apply to:
(a) a defence‑related claim made on or after the MRCA commencement date; or
(b) a defence‑related claim made before the MRCA commencement date but not determined before that date.