73Responsibilities of employer

73 Responsibilities of employer

(1) An employer must forward to the Authority the following—

(a) any claim for compensation in the form of weekly payments under this Act or the Accident Compensation Act 1985;

(b) any relevant medical certificate in accordance with section 25 relating to a claim for compensation in the form of weekly payments;

(c) any claim for compensation under Division 4 of Part 5;

(d) any claim for compensation under Division 7 of Part 5 which comes within the employer's liability under the employer's excess under section 72(1) and has not been paid by the employer or which the employer will not pay pending a decision by the Authority;

(e) any claim for compensation under Division 7 of Part 5 which does not come within the employer's liability under the employer's excess under section 72(1);

S. 73(1)(f) amended by No. 27/2025 s. 9.

(f) any claim for compensation under section 235, 236, 237, 237AA, 237A or 241;

(g) any claim for compensation under section 98, 98A, 98C or 98E of the Accident Compensation Act 1985;

(h) any claim for compensation under Division 2B of Part IV of the Accident Compensation Act 1985 which comes within the employer's liability under section 125(1)(a) of that Act or the employer's excess under section 125A(3) of that Act and has not been paid by the employer or which the employer will not pay pending a decision by the Authority;

(i) any claim for compensation under Division 2B of Part IV of the Accident Compensation Act 1985 which does not come within the employer's liability under section 125(1)(a) of that Act or the employer's excess under section 125A(3) of that Act;

(j) any claim for compensation under section 92, 92A or 92B of the Accident Compensation Act 1985—

within 10 days after the employer receives the claim.

(2) An employer must forward to the Authority at such intervals and dates as are determined by the Authority a return in a form approved by the Authority of claims for compensation under—

(a) Division 7 of Part 5 which do not exceed the employer's liability under the employer's excess under section 72(1); and

(b) Division 2B of Part IV of the Accident Compensation Act 1985 which do not exceed the employer's liability under section 125(1)(a) of that Act or the employer's excess under section 125A(3) of that Act.

(3) An employer which fails without reasonable cause to forward a claim for compensation in the form of weekly payments or any relevant medical certificate in accordance with section 25, whether with the claim or at a later date, to the Authority as required by this section is liable for weekly payments made by the Authority to the worker during the period—