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Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988
143AEmployer to notify insurer of workplace injury
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### 143A Employer to notify insurer of workplace injury
> [*\[Section 143A Inserted by No. 99 of 2000, s. 71, Applied:01 Jul 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-07-01/act-2000-099#GS71@EN) [*\[Section 143A Substituted by No. 85 of 2009, s. 47, Applied:01 Jul 2010\]*](/view/html/inforce/2010-07-01/act-2009-085#GS47@EN)
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> > (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 –
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> > > > (a) results in, or is likely to result in, the worker being partially or totally incapacitated for work; or
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> > > > (b) [*\[Section 143A Subsection (1) amended by No. 39 of 2017, s. 38, Applied:01 Jan 2018\]*](/view/html/inforce/2018-01-01/act-2017-039#GS38@EN) is required to be reported to the insurer under the employer's approved injury management program.
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> > Penalty: Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.
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> > (2) An employer is not to be taken to have given notice under [subsection (1)](#GS143A@Gs1@EN) in relation to a worker unless the notice is in accordance with the requirements of the worker's approved injury management program.