139Purpose and principles of Part

### 139 Purpose and principles of Part > *\[Section 139 Substituted by No. 16 of 1995, s. 71 \]*[*\[Section 139 Substituted by No. 85 of 2009, s. 47, Applied:01 Jul 2010\]*](/view/html/inforce/2010-07-01/act-2009-085#GS47@EN) > > > (1)  The purpose of this Part is to establish a system that ensures that, as far as practicable, workers – > > > > > > (a) recover as soon as possible from workplace injuries; and > > > > > > > (b) are able, as soon as practicable, to return to and remain in work that is safe for them to perform without aggravating the injury or impeding its healing. > > > (2)  This Part is based on the following principles: > > > > > > (a) the primary aim of persons, including the injured worker, involved in injury management should be – > > > > > > > > > > (i) the recovery of the worker from the injury; and > > > > > > > > > > > (ii) that the worker return to work – > > > > > > > > and, to this end, all such persons should co-operate, collaborate and consult together; > > > > > > > (b) it is essential to ensure that injury management begins as soon as possible after a worker suffers a workplace injury; > > > > > > > (c) wherever possible, injury management is to enable an injured worker to continue to be employed by the employer who was the worker's employer when the worker was injured; > > > > > > > (d) injury management should be transparent, effective and cost-efficient; > > > > > > > (e) all parties to injury management, in particular injured workers, their employers and their medical practitioners, should have access to information and assistance relating to their roles, rights and responsibilities; > > > > > > > (f) injury management should be of a high standard so as to maintain the dignity and integrity of injured workers and should ensure that injured workers are active participants in the management of their injuries; > > > > > > > (g) issues relating to injury management should be resolved as soon as practicable, and with such assistance as may be necessary, so as to ensure effective injury management; > > > > > > > (h) all decisions relating to injury management should be made in the best interests of the worker.