21Applications for benefits

21 Applications for benefits

21 Applications for benefits

(1) An application under section 19 shall—

(a) be made in or to the effect of a form prescribed by the rules,

(b) contain the particulars that are required to be inserted in it by the rules,

(c) be accompanied by such certificates, reports and other information as are required by the rules, and

(d) within 12 months after the injury or death to which it relates was suffered, be lodged at the place prescribed by the rules.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) (d), an application under section 19 may be lodged more than 12 months after the injury or death to which it relates was suffered if the Authority considers that—

(a) failure to lodge the application within that period of 12 months was occasioned by ignorance, mistake, absence from New South Wales, the nature of the injury, the circumstances of the death or other reasonable excuse, and

(b) in the circumstances of the case, the application was lodged within a reasonable time after that period of 12 months.