143AEmployer to notify insurer of workplace injury

143A Employer to notify insurer of workplace injury

[Section 143A Inserted by No. 99 of 2000, s. 71, Applied:01 Jul 2001] [Section 143A Substituted by No. 85 of 2009, s. 47, Applied:01 Jul 2010]

(1)  An employer must notify the employer's insurer, if any, within 3 working days of becoming aware that one of the employer's workers has suffered a workplace injury that –

(a) results in, or is likely to result in, the worker being partially or totally incapacitated for work; or

(b) [Section 143A Subsection (1) amended by No. 39 of 2017, s. 38, Applied:01 Jan 2018] is required to be reported to the insurer under the employer's approved injury management program.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.

(2)  An employer is not to be taken to have given notice under subsection (1) in relation to a worker unless the notice is in accordance with the requirements of the worker's approved injury management program.