78Insurer to give notice of decisions

78 Insurer to give notice of decisions

78 Insurer to give notice of decisions

(1) An insurer must give notice in accordance with this Division of any decision of the insurer—

(a) to dispute liability in respect of a claim or any aspect of a claim, or

(b) to discontinue payment to a worker of weekly payments of compensation, or reduce the amount of the compensation.

(2) Notice of a decision of an insurer involving both a liability dispute and a discontinuation or reduction of weekly compensation may be combined into a single notice (subject to any provision of the Workers Compensation Guidelines requiring separate notices to be given).

(3) The requirement to give notice of a decision to discontinue payment to a worker of weekly payments of compensation does not affect any limitation on weekly payments of compensation under Division 2 of Part 3 of the 1987 Act.

s 78: Rep 2015 No 19, Sch 6 [29]. Ins 2018 No 62, Sch 1.2 [6].