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Workers Compensation Regulation 2002
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95C Appointment of auditors
(1) The regulator may—
(a) appoint a suitably qualified person as a compliance auditor to
conduct compliance audits under section 95A; and
(b) appoint an auditor as a financial auditor to conduct financial
audits under section 95B.
Compliance and financial audits Part 10A
Section 95C
(2) A person appointed under subsection (1) must be appointed for not
longer than 3 years.
Note For laws about appointments, see the Legislation Act, pt 19.3.
Section 96
page 48 Workers Compensation Regulation 2002
96 Diseases related to employment
For the Act, section 28 (Employment-related diseases), a disease of a
kind mentioned in an item in schedule 1, column 2 is related to
employment of a kind mentioned in the item, column 3.
98 Reviewable decision—Act, s 199 (b)
A decision mentioned in schedule 3, part 3.1, column 3, under a
provision mentioned in column 2 in relation to the decision, is
prescribed.
98A Notice of reviewable decision—Act, s 199A (1)
An entity mentioned in schedule 3, part 3.1, column 4 in relation to a
decision is prescribed for the decision.
98B Internal review of certain decisions—Act, s 199B (1)
A reviewable decision mentioned in schedule 3, part 3.2, column 3
under a provision mentioned in column 2 in relation to the decision,
is declared to be an internally reviewable decision.
99 Court approved termination
(1) This section applies if an insurer intends to apply to the Magistrates
Court under the Act, section 132 (Rejecting claims from 1 year) for
leave to end payments of weekly compensation to a worker.
Note An insurer must apply to the Magistrates Court if the insurer wants to end
payments of compensation 1 year or longer after the claim is made (see
Act, s 132).
(2) The insurer must give the worker notice of the insurer’s intention to
apply to the Magistrates Court for leave.
Miscellaneous Part 11
Section 100
(3) The insurer must give a copy of a notice under subsection (2) to the
DI fund manager as soon as practicable.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
(4) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.
(5) If the Magistrates Court is satisfied that the worker is not entitled to
receive weekly compensation, the court must give leave to the insurer
to end payment of the compensation to the worker after a stated day
that is at least 8 weeks after the day the insurer gave the worker notice
under subsection (2).