44Early notification of workplace injury

#### 44 Early notification of workplace injury 44 Early notification of workplace injury > > (1) An injured worker must notify the employer that the worker has received a workplace injury as soon as possible after the injury happens. > > > (2) The employer of an injured worker must notify the insurer or the Nominal Insurer within 48 hours after becoming aware that a worker has received a workplace injury in the manner prescribed by the regulations. > > > (3) If an employer has given notice to the insurer in accordance with subsection (2) of a workplace injury to a worker, the insurer must forward that notice to the Nominal Insurer in accordance with the regulations. > > > (3A) If an employer has given notice to the Nominal Insurer in accordance with subsection (2) of a workplace injury to a worker— > > > > > (a) the Nominal Insurer must as soon as practicable forward that notice to the insurer, and > > > > > (b) the notice given to the Nominal Insurer is taken to be notice given to the insurer for the purposes of the employer’s policy of insurance. > > > (3B) If an employer or an insurer has given notice to the Nominal Insurer in accordance with subsection (2) or (3) of a workplace injury to a worker, the Nominal Insurer must as soon as practicable forward that notice to the Authority in accordance with the regulations. > > > (4) Subsection (2) do not apply when the insurer is a self-insurer. > > > (5) (Repealed) > > Note. > > The obligations imposed by this section are in addition to those imposed by sections 61–69. > > **s 44:** Am 2002 No 124, Sch 4.1 \[1\]–\[4\]; 2003 No 29, Sch 2 \[1\]; 2006 No 25, Sch 2 \[5\]; 2015 No 19, Sch 6 \[26\]–\[28\].