Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1951 - SECT 110A

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     an injured worker is a participant in the LTCS scheme in relation to a workplace injury for which an insurer is, or may be, liable to pay compensation; and

        (b)     the LTCS commissioner gives the insurer a copy of the assessment of the injured worker's treatment and care needs for the workplace injury under the LTCS Act

, section 23 (Assessment of participant's treatment and care needs).

Note     LTCS Act —see the dictionary.

"LTCS scheme"—see the LTCS Act

, dictionary.

"Participant", in the LTCS scheme—see the LTCS Act

, dictionary.

    (2)     The insurer must give the employer and injured worker a statement to the effect that the worker's entitlement to weekly compensation may stop if the worker unreasonably fails to comply with the requirements of the assessment under the LTCS Act

, section 23.

Note 1     The injured worker also has an obligation to comply with any reasonable request the LTCS commissioner makes in relation to an assessment of the injured worker's treatment and care needs, including a request that the injured worker undergo an examination by a health practitioner (see LTCS Act

, s 26).

Note 2     The LTCS commission may exchange information about a LTCS participant's treatment and care needs with the participant's employer in certain circumstances (see LTCS Act

, s 94).