68Making and notification of determinations

68  Making and notification of determinations

 (1) Comcare must consider and determine each claim for compensation under section 23 within the period (if any) prescribed by regulations made for the purposes of subsection 61(1A) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.

 (2) As soon as practicable after Comcare makes a determination, it must give the claimant a notice in writing setting out:

 (a) the terms of the determination; and

 (b) the reasons for the determination; and

 (c) a statement to the effect that the claimant may, if dissatisfied with the determination, request a reconsideration of the determination under subsection 69(2).

 (3) This section does not apply in relation to a determination under subsection 25(1) that compensation of an amount equal to the full amount of the cost of medical treatment obtained by a covered person is payable, if that amount of compensation is payable to a person other than the covered person.