284Insurer liable to pay fee if claim goes to assessment

#### 284 Insurer liable to pay fee if claim goes to assessment 284 Insurer liable to pay fee if claim goes to assessment > > (1) If it appears to the President that an insurer has— > > > > > (a) failed without reasonable excuse to determine a claim as and when required by this Part, or > > > > > (b) referred a matter that the insurer knows is not a genuine dispute for the purpose of delaying, without good cause, the determination of a claim, > > > > and the claim concerned is referred to the Commission for determination of a dispute or for assessment, the President is to direct the insurer to pay the administration fee provided for by this section. > > > (2) The administration fee is a fee of $250 or such other amount as may be prescribed by the regulations and is payable to the Authority for payment into the Workers Compensation Operational Fund. > > > (3) (Repealed) > > > (4) An administration fee payable under this section is recoverable as a debt due to the Authority. > > > (5) A person does not have a reasonable excuse for a failure to determine a claim as and when required by this Part unless the person has an excuse that the Workers Compensation Guidelines provide is a reasonable excuse. > > > (6) The President is to notify the Authority of a direction under this section. > > **s 284:** Ins 2001 No 61, Sch 4.2 \[17\]. Am 2003 No 81, Sch 3.4 \[12\]; 2015 No 19, Sch 6 \[4\] \[17\]; 2020 No 18, Sch 6.11\[24\].