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Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988
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### 42 Reference of claims for compensation to Tribunal
> > (1) *\[Section 42 Subsection (1) amended by No. 5 of 1990, s. 3 and Sched. 1 \]**\[Section 42 Subsection (1) amended by No. 50 of 1992, s. 7 \]**\[Section 42 Subsection (1) amended by No. 16 of 1995, s. 33 \]*A claim for compensation may be referred to the Tribunal by –
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> > > > (a) [*\[Section 42 Subsection (1) amended by No. 42 of 2007, s. 14, Applied:31 Oct 2007\]*](/view/html/inforce/2007-10-31/act-2007-042#GS14@Hpa@EN) an injured worker or a dependant of an injured worker; or
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> > > > (b) [*\[Section 42 Subsection (1) amended by No. 42 of 2007, s. 14, Applied:31 Oct 2007\]*](/view/html/inforce/2007-10-31/act-2007-042#GS14@Hpb@EN) the employer of an injured worker; or
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> > > > (c) [*\[Section 42 Subsection (1) amended by No. 42 of 2007, s. 14, Applied:31 Oct 2007\]*](/view/html/inforce/2007-10-31/act-2007-042#GS14@Hpc@EN) the licensed insurer of an employer.
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> > > > (d) [*\[Section 42 Subsection (1) amended by No. 65 of 2004, s. 12, Applied:17 Dec 2004\]*](/view/html/inforce/2004-12-17/act-2004-065#GS12@EN) [*\[Section 42 Subsection (1) amended by No. 42 of 2007, s. 14, Applied:31 Oct 2007\]*](/view/html/inforce/2007-10-31/act-2007-042#GS14@Hpd@EN) . . . . . . . .
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> > (2) [*\[Section 42 Subsection (2) amended by No. 18 of 2021, s. 376, Applied:05 Nov 2021\]*](/view/html/inforce/2021-11-05/act-2021-018#GS376@EN) *\[Section 42 Subsection (2) substituted by No. 16 of 1995, s. 33 \]*A claim for compensation is to be referred to the Tribunal by application, in a form approved by the President, filed with the Registrar.
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> > (3) *\[Section 42 Subsection (3) amended by No. 16 of 1995, s. 33 \]*Where an application is filed with the Registrar, the Registrar shall, as soon as practicable, forward the application to the Tribunal.
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> > (4) *\[Section 42 Subsection (4) amended by No. 16 of 1995, s. 33 \]*On receipt of an application from the Registrar, the Tribunal shall determine the persons who appear to it from the application to have an interest in the settlement of the claim for compensation to which the application relates and shall advise the Registrar of the names of those persons.
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> > (5) *\[Section 42 Subsection (5) amended by No. 16 of 1995, s. 33 \]*The Registrar shall, as soon as practicable after being advised of the names of the persons who appear to the Tribunal to have an interest in the settlement of the claim for compensation to which the application relates, serve those persons with a notice containing particulars of the claim.