Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsClaim for acceptance of liability
(1) A claim for acceptance of liability for a service injury, disease or death, or the loss of or damage to a medical aid, must not be made if another claim for acceptance of liability for that injury, disease, death, loss or damage has not yet been finally determined.
(3) Another claim for acceptance of liability for that service injury, disease or death, or loss of or damage to a medical aid, must be supported by additional evidence.
Claim for compensation
(4) A claim for compensation must not be made if another claim for compensation for the same matter has not yet been finally determined.
(5) Another claim for compensation for the same matter must be supported by additional evidence.
When a claim is finally determined
(6) For the purposes of this section, a claim is finally determined when either:
(a) a decision that has been made in respect of the claim is not subject to any form of reconsideration or review; or
(b) a decision that has been made in respect of the claim was subject to some form of reconsideration or review, but the period within which such a reconsideration or review could be instituted has ended without a reconsideration or review having been instituted.