81Commencement of weekly payments

### 81 Commencement of weekly payments > *\[Section 81 Substituted by No. 50 of 1992, s. 9 \]* > > > (1)  Where an employer has received a claim for compensation in relation to an injury to a worker employed by the employer and the worker's first pay day after receipt of that claim – > > > > > > (a) is not later than 14 days after the receipt of that claim, the employer must – > > > > > > > > > > (i) if it is reasonably practicable to do so, commence making weekly payments to the worker on the first pay day; or > > > > > > > > > > > (ii) in any other case, commence making weekly payments to the worker not later than 14 days after receipt by the employer of the worker's claim for compensation; or > > > > > > > (b) is later than 14 days after the receipt of that claim, the employer must commence making weekly payments of compensation on that pay day. > > > (2)  [*\[Section 81 Subsection (2) amended by No. 99 of 2000, s. 50, Applied:01 Jul 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-07-01/act-2000-099#GS50@Hpa@EN) An employer who fails to comply with [subsection (1)](#GS81@Gs1@EN) is guilty of an offence. > > > > Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine not exceeding 5 penalty units for each day during which the offence continues. > > > (3)  *\[Section 81 Subsection (3) substituted by No. 48 of 1996, s. 12 \]*[*\[Section 81 Subsection (3) substituted by No. 99 of 2000, s. 50, Applied:01 Jul 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-07-01/act-2000-099#GS50@Hpb@EN) [*\[Section 81 Subsection (3) substituted by No. 65 of 2004, s. 22, Applied:17 Dec 2004\]*](/view/html/inforce/2004-12-17/act-2004-065#GS22@EN) Weekly payments payable under this section are payable from – > > > > > > (a) the date of the incapacity; or > > > > > > > (b) 14 days before the date on which the claim for compensation was given to the employer under [section 34](#GS34@EN)  – > > > > whichever is the later. > > > (4)  In this section, ***pay day*** means the day on which the worker would normally receive salary or wages from the worker's employer.