31BClaims for weekly payments of compensation

31B Claims for weekly payments of compensation

31B Claims for weekly payments of compensation

(1) The Self Insurance Corporation may make provisional weekly payments of compensation to a person who has made a claim for weekly payments of compensation (the substantive claim) if satisfied it is likely—

(a) the person is an eligible volunteer, and

(b) the person has received a relevant injury.

(2) The payment of provisional weekly payments of compensation under this section is on the basis of the provisional acceptance of liability by the Self Insurance Corporation for a period of up to 12 weeks determined by the Corporation having regard to the nature of the injury and the period of incapacity.

(3) The acceptance of liability on a provisional basis does not constitute an admission of liability by the Self Insurance Corporation under this Act or independently of this Act.

(4) The Self Insurance Corporation is to cease to make provisional weekly payments of compensation when it determines the substantive claim.

s 31B: Ins 2022 No 25, Sch 2.2[9].