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Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998
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78 Insurer to give notice of decisions
> > (1) An insurer must give notice in accordance with this Division of any decision of the insurer—
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> > > (a) to dispute liability in respect of a claim or any aspect of a claim, or
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> > > (b) to discontinue payment to a worker of weekly payments of compensation, or reduce the amount of the compensation.
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> > (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).
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> > (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.
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> **s 78:** Rep 2015 No 19, Sch 6 \[29\]. Ins 2018 No 62, Sch 1.2 \[6\].