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Workers Compensation Act 1951
97Personal injury plan for worker with significant injury
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97 Personal injury plan for worker with significant injury
(1) If it appears to an insurer who is, or may be, liable to pay
compensation to an injured worker on behalf of the worker’s
employer that the workplace injury is a significant injury, the insurer
must establish a personal injury plan for the worker.
Note This section does not apply if the injured worker is a participant in the
LTCS scheme (see s 96A (1)).
(2) The personal injury plan must be established in agreement with the
employer (unless the employer is a licensed self-insurer or a non-
business employer) and the injured worker, to the maximum extent
that their cooperation and participation allow.
(3) The insurer must give effect to the personal injury plan established
for the injured worker and, for that purpose, must comply with the
obligations imposed on the insurer under the plan.
Part 5.4 Obligations in relation to personal injury plans
significant injury means a workplace injury that is likely to result in
the worker being incapacitated for work for a continuous period of
longer than 7 days, whether or not any of those days are business days
and whether or not the incapacity is total or partial or a combination
of both.