Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SEAFARERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1992 No. 234, 1992 - SECT 56

56. If:

   (a)  compensation is payable under this Act in respect of the death of an
        employee, an injury to an employee or the loss of, or damage to,
        property used by an employee; and

   (b)  the death, injury, loss or damage occurred in circumstances that
        appear to create a legal liability in a person (other than the
        employee's employer or another employee) to pay damages in respect of
        the death, injury, loss or damage; and

   (c)  the employee, or a dependant of the deceased employee, as the case may
        be, institutes proceedings against that person for the recovery of
        such damages; the employee or dependant must notify the employer in
        writing of those proceedings as soon as practicable but in any event
        not later than 7 days after the day on which he or she first became
        aware that those proceedings had been instituted. Penalty: 5 penalty
        units.