Sporting Injuries Insurance Rule 1997
3BInjured person or legal personal representative to notify Committee of serious injury or death
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3B Injured person or legal personal representative to notify Committee of serious injury or death
3B Injured person or legal personal representative to notify Committee of serious injury or death
(1) A person who is a registered participant, enrolled participant or enrolled student participant of a prescribed organisation and who suffers a serious injury while participating in an authorised activity of the prescribed organisation must notify the Committee of the injury as soon as practicable after becoming aware of the injury, and in any case within 12 months after becoming aware of the injury.
(2) The legal personal representative of a person who was a registered participant, enrolled participant or enrolled student participant of a prescribed organisation and who died as a consequence of having suffered an injury while participating in an authorised activity of the prescribed organisation must notify the Committee of the death as soon as practicable after the death, and in any case within 12 months after the death.
(3) The notice is to be in the form of Form 3 in Schedule 1.
(4) A person, or the legal personal representative of a person, is not required to give notice of a serious injury or death to the Committee under this clause if the person or legal personal representative reasonably believes that the prescribed organisation has notified the Committee of the serious injury or death.
pt 1A (Cll 3A, 3B): Ins 7.5.2004.