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Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003
sec.132AAInsurer must give worker and employer information statement
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### sec.132AA Insurer must give worker and employer information statement
The insurer must, as soon as practicable after an application for compensation for an injury sustained by a worker is lodged—
give the worker a statement providing information about the workers’ compensation scheme relevant to workers; and
give the worker’s employer a statement providing information about the workers’ compensation scheme relevant to employers.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
The statements, and the way in which they are given, must comply with any requirements prescribed by regulation.
s 132AA ins 2024 No. 40 s 34
(sec.132AA-ssec.1) The insurer must, as soon as practicable after an application for compensation for an injury sustained by a worker is lodged— give the worker a statement providing information about the workers’ compensation scheme relevant to workers; and give the worker’s employer a statement providing information about the workers’ compensation scheme relevant to employers. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
(sec.132AA-ssec.2) The statements, and the way in which they are given, must comply with any requirements prescribed by regulation.
- (a) give the worker a statement providing information about the workers’ compensation scheme relevant to workers; and
- (b) give the worker’s employer a statement providing information about the workers’ compensation scheme relevant to employers.