143Approval of injury management programs

143 Approval of injury management programs

[Section 143 Substituted by No. 16 of 1995, s. 74 ][Section 143 Substituted by No. 85 of 2009, s. 47, Applied:01 Jul 2010]

(1)  An employer's insurer may submit to the Board an injury management program in respect of an employer, or a group of employers, or all employers, in respect of whom the insurer is a licensed insurer.

(2)  An injury management program that is submitted by an insurer to the Board and approved by the Board under subsection (7) may apply to one or more employers, if the insurer has notified the employers under subsection (3) .

(3)  An employer's insurer may notify the employer in writing that an injury management program approved by the Board under subsection (7) applies to the employer.

(4)  An employer may submit to the employer's insurer –

(a) an injury management program; or

(b) an amendment to an injury management program submitted to the insurer under paragraph (a) .

(5)  An employer who is a self-insurer may submit to the Board an injury management program.

(6)  If a worker is employed by a Minister or the Crown, the Head of an Agency may submit to the Board, on behalf of the employer of the worker, an injury management program that is to apply to the Agency.

(7)  The Board or an employer's insurer may approve, or refuse to approve, an injury management program, or an amendment to an injury management program, submitted to the Board or the insurer, respectively, under this section.

(8)  The Board or an employer's insurer must not approve an injury management program unless it contains all matters that are specified in guidelines issued under section 142(1) to be matters that must be included in injury management programs.

(9)  An injury management program that has been approved under subsection (7)  –

(a) comes in force on the date on which it is approved under that subsection or another date agreed to by the Board, or the insurer, to whom the plan is submitted; and