61BNotice of change of entitlement to compensation

61B Notice of change of entitlement to compensation (1) This section applies when a statutory event is about to occur in relation to compensation payable to a worker. (2) The employer of the worker must give the worker notice of the (a) the date on which the statutory event is scheduled to occur; (b) an explanation of the effect of the statutory event on the compensation payable to the worker; (c) unless the statutory event is one mentioned in paragraph (a) of the definition statutory event in subsection (5) – a statement of the effect of section 61A. (3) The notice must be in writing and given to the worker by: (a) delivering it personally to the worker; or a person who has apparently attained the age of 16 years at the worker's address as shown in the claim form given to or served on the employer under section 82; or (c) sending it in a properly addressed envelope by pre-paid post to the worker at the worker's address as mentioned in paragraph (b), in which case the notice is considered to have been given when the envelope is posted. (4) Despite any other provision of this Act, the change to the compensation payable to the worker that results from the occurrence of the statutory event takes effect on the later of the following days: (a) the day that is 14 days after the employer gives the notice to the worker;

Return to Work Act 1986 51 (b) the day on which the statutory event occurs. statutory event, in relation to compensation payable to a worker for an injury, means one of the following: (a) the end of the last of the weeks during which compensation is to be paid to the worker under section 64; (b) the end of the last week in the period of 260 weeks in the aggregate mentioned in section 65(1BA); (c) the attainment of the worker's normal retiring age or future pension age, as relevant, as mentioned in section 65(1D); (d) the end of the 104 weeks mentioned in section 65(1D)(c).