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Workers Compensation Act 1951
170FClaim for payment if final judgment etc and liability not
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170F Claim for payment if final judgment etc and liability not
covered by compulsory insurance policy
(a) a person has obtained a final judgment against an employer; and
(c) the judgment relates to the employer’s liability independently of
this Act in relation to an injury to, or the death of, a territory
worker of the employer; and
(d) execution of the judgment has not been stayed; and
(e) the liability of the employer under the judgment, order or award
is not covered by a compulsory insurance policy; and
(f) the judgment has remained completely or partly unsatisfied for
at least 1 month.
DI fund of the amount of the judgment that remains unsatisfied.
Note See s 170 for def claim for payment.