Commonwealth Numbered Acts

COMPENSATION (COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES) AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 166 of 1976 - SECT 4

4. Section 20 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub- section (6) and
substituting the following sub-sections:-

''(6) Where-

   (a)  a determination has been made under this Act, whether before or after
        the commencement of this sub-section;

   (b)  a request has been made (whether before or after the commencement of
        this sub-section) under paragraph (b) of sub- section (4) for the
        reconsideration of that determination by the Commissioner; and

   (c)  after the commencement of this sub-section, the Commissioner, in
        pursuance of that request-

        (i)    makes a determination varying or revoking the first-mentioned
               determination (whether or not, where he revokes the
               first-mentioned determination, he makes a new determination in
               substitution for that first-mentioned determination); or

        (ii)   decides not to vary or revoke that first-mentioned
               determination, the Commonwealth is, subject to sub-section (7),
               liable to reimburse a claimant affected by that first-mentioned
               determination for any costs reasonably incurred by him in
               relation to that first-mentioned determination after it was
               made and before the Commissioner notifies him of the making of
               the determination or decision referred to in paragraph (c).

''(7) Sub-section (6) does not apply in relation to costs incurred by a
claimant who made a request referred to in paragraph (b) of that sub-section
unless the reconsideration has had a result favourable to the claimant.''.