38Payment of compensation

38  Payment of compensation

 (1) Subject to this section, an amount of compensation payable to a covered person under section 36 or 37 must be paid to the covered person within 30 days after the date of the assessment of the amount.

 (2) If an amount of compensation is not paid to a covered person in accordance with subsection (1), interest is payable to the covered person on that amount in respect of the period that begins at the end of the period of 30 days referred to in that subsection and ends on the day on which the amount is paid.

 (3) Interest payable under subsection (2) must be paid at the rate specified in an instrument in force under subsection 26(3) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.

 (4) This section does not apply if:

 (a) Comcare has been requested under Part 6 to reconsider a determination under section 36 or 37, as the case may be; or

 (b) an application has been made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for review of a decision relating to such a determination.