Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988
73BDetermination for payment of compensation
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73B Determination for payment of compensation
[Section 73B Inserted by No. 99 of 2000, s. 37, Applied:01 Jul 2001]
(1) [Section 73B Subsection (1) amended by No. 42 of 2007, s. 21, Applied:31 Oct 2007] A determination for the payment of compensation for a claim for permanent impairment or industrial deafness is to include a statement of the percentage of the whole person impairment of the worker at the date of the determination.
(2) [Section 73B Subsection (2) amended by No. 42 of 2007, s. 21, Applied:31 Oct 2007] A person who makes a payment of compensation for a claim for permanent impairment or industrial deafness is to advise the Board of –
(a) the date of the determination; and
(b) [Section 73B Subsection (2) amended by No. 42 of 2007, s. 21, Applied:31 Oct 2007] in the case of a payment for industrial deafness, the degree of industrial deafness of the worker in respect of whom the payment is made; and
(c) the percentage of the whole person impairment of the worker at the date of the determination.
(3) [Section 73B Subsection (3) amended by No. 42 of 2007, s. 21, Applied:31 Oct 2007] The Board is to keep a register of all determinations for the payment of compensation for permanent impairment or industrial deafness.