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Workers Compensation Act 1951
87Meaning of employer and insurer if more than 1
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87 Meaning of employer and insurer if more than 1
(1) This section applies if 2 or more employers are or may be liable to
pay compensation to an injured worker but the employers do not all
still employ the worker.
(2) In this chapter:
employer, of the injured worker, means the employer that last
employed the worker.
insurer means the employer’s insurer.