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Workers Compensation Act 1951
116Making claim for compensation
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116 Making claim for compensation (1) A worker may claim compensation under this Act. (2) A claim for weekly compensation must be accompanied by a medical certificate from— disease—a doctor prescribed by regulation; or (b) for any other claim—a doctor. (3) Failure to make a claim under this Act does not prevent the recovery of compensation if it is found that the failure was caused by ignorance, mistake or other reasonable cause.