### 81AB Failure to dispute liability > *\[Section 81AB Inserted by No. 48 of 1996, s. 15 \]*[*\[Section 81AB Amended by No. 99 of 2000, s. 53, Applied:01 Jul 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-07-01/act-2000-099#GS53@EN) Where an employer has received a claim for compensation in relation to an injury to a worker employed by the employer and the employer does not, in accordance with [section 81A](#GS81A@EN) , dispute liability to pay compensation, the employer is taken to have accepted liability in respect of that claim.

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Section 81AB - Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 - Failure to dispute liability — Zoe