Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013
21Acknowledgement or notice of claim
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21 Acknowledgement or notice of claim
(1) If the employer or self-insurer or the Authority receives from a worker a claim for compensation made in accordance with section 20, the employer or self-insurer or the Authority must, as soon as is reasonably practicable, give the worker acknowledgement in writing that the claim has been received.
(2) A worker may notify the Authority that the worker has given to or served on the employer a claim for compensation in the form of weekly payments by giving to the Authority—
(a) a copy of the claim signed and dated by the worker; and
(b) a copy of the relevant medical certificate in accordance with section 25.