Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1951 - SECT 170G

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     an employer has agreed with a person to pay an amount to discharge the employer's liability independently of this Act in relation to an injury to, or the death of, a territory worker of the employer; and

        (b)     the employer is not a licensed self-insurer; and

        (c)     the liability of the employer under the agreement is not covered, or is not completely covered, by a compulsory insurance policy; and

        (d)     at the end of 1 month after the day the amount is payable, the amount (or any part of it) has not been paid to the person.

    (2)     The person is eligible to make a claim for payment against the DI fund of the amount that remains unpaid.