126AClaims against Nominal Insurer for increase in payments

126A Claims against Nominal Insurer for increase in payments

[Section 126A Inserted by No. 16 of 2004, s. 5, Applied:29 Jun 2004]

(1)  Where an employer becomes liable, as a result of the amendments to section 69B effected by the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment Act 2004 , for increased weekly payments in respect of claims for compensation relating to periods of incapacity after the commencement of that Act with respect to injuries occurring on or after 1 July 2001 and before the commencement of that Act, the employer's insurer or, if the employer is a self-insurer, the employer may make a claim against the Nominal Insurer for an amount equivalent to the increase in those weekly payments.

(2)  The Nominal Insurer is to pay to the employer's insurer or, if the employer is a self-insurer, the employer the amount equivalent to the increase in weekly payments referred to in subsection (1) .

(3)  For the purposes of this section, the Crown in the right of this State is taken to be a self-insurer.