sec.110Compensation entitlement can not be relinquished, assigned or subject to execution

### sec.110 Compensation entitlement can not be relinquished, assigned or subject to execution A worker or another person can not relinquish an entitlement to compensation for an injury sustained by the worker or the person. An agreement made by the worker or the person purporting to relinquish the entitlement is of no force or effect. Compensation can not be assigned, charged, taken in execution, or attached, and a worker’s entitlement to compensation can not pass to another person by operation of law or otherwise, and no claim can be set off against the amount. Subsection (3) is subject to subsection (5) and section 170 (2) (b) . If an employer pays to a worker an amount, for example wages, to which the worker is entitled as compensation for an injury, WorkCover may reimburse the employer for the amount paid to the extent of the worker’s entitlement for the injury instead of paying the worker. (sec.110-ssec.1) A worker or another person can not relinquish an entitlement to compensation for an injury sustained by the worker or the person. (sec.110-ssec.2) An agreement made by the worker or the person purporting to relinquish the entitlement is of no force or effect. (sec.110-ssec.3) Compensation can not be assigned, charged, taken in execution, or attached, and a worker’s entitlement to compensation can not pass to another person by operation of law or otherwise, and no claim can be set off against the amount. (sec.110-ssec.4) Subsection (3) is subject to subsection (5) and section 170 (2) (b) . (sec.110-ssec.5) If an employer pays to a worker an amount, for example wages, to which the worker is entitled as compensation for an injury, WorkCover may reimburse the employer for the amount paid to the extent of the worker’s entitlement for the injury instead of paying the worker.