Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SAFETY, REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION (DEFENCE-RELATED CLAIMS) ACT 1988 - SECT 112B

  (1)   This section applies if:

  (a)   the Commonwealth is liable to pay an amount of compensation under Division   3 of Part   II to an employee; and

  (b)   payments by the employer to the employee of salary or wages (ignoring section   116) are not made out of relevant money.

  (2)   The MRCC may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, instead make a payment to the employer in respect of the compensation.

  (3)   Before making the payment, the MRCC must advise the employer of its intention to do so (the payment is called the advised payment ).

  (4)   The employer must, either before or after receiving the advised payment, make a payment of an equal amount to the employee, out of money that the employer holds on its own account.

  (5)   The payment by the employer is taken for the purposes of this Act to be a payment by the Commonwealth in discharge of its liability to pay the compensation.

  (6)   When the advised payment is received by the employer, it is money that the employer holds on its own account.