Workers Compensation Act 1987
33Weekly compensation during total or partial incapacity for work
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33 Weekly compensation during total or partial incapacity for work
33 Weekly compensation during total or partial incapacity for work
(cf former s 9 (1))
If total or partial incapacity for work results from an injury, the compensation payable by the employer under this Act to the injured worker shall include a weekly payment during the incapacity.
Note.
Chapter 3 of the 1998 Act (Workplace injury management) provides that, if a worker fails unreasonably to comply with a requirement of that Chapter after being requested to do so by an insurer, the worker has no entitlement to weekly payments of compensation for the period that the failure continues.
s 33: Am 1998 No 85, Sch 1 [10].