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Workers Compensation Act 1951
132Rejecting claims from 1 year
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132 Rejecting claims from 1 year
(1) An insurer may reject a worker’s claim for compensation 1 year or
later after the claim is given to the insurer only with the leave of the
Magistrates Court.
(2) If the Magistrates Court gives leave to the insurer to reject the
worker’s claim for compensation—
(a) the insurer need not give the worker notice of the rejection if the
worker, or the worker’s lawyer, is present when the court gives
leave for the insurer to reject the claim; and
(b) the insurer may stop paying weekly compensation—
(i) on the day stated by the court in the order giving leave to
the insurer to reject the claim; or
(ii) 8 weeks after the worker gets notice of the rejection if no
day is stated in the order.
(3) For this section, the worker gets notice of the rejection—
(a) if the worker is present when the court gives leave to the insurer
to reject the claim—on the day the court gives leave; or
(b) when the worker receives notice of the rejection from the
Note Court approved termination is dealt with under the regulations.
Liability on claims Part 6.3