Workers Compensation Act 1951
43Stopping payments for total incapacity
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43 Stopping payments for total incapacity (1) A worker stops being entitled to weekly compensation for total incapacity for a compensable injury at the earliest of the following times: (a) when the worker stops being totally incapacitated because of the injury; (b) when the worker returns to work; (c) when the worker dies. (2) However, if the worker stops being entitled to weekly compensation under subsection (1) (a) or (b), the worker may again become entitled to weekly compensation for the compensable injury if the worker again becomes totally or partially incapacitated because of the injury.