Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SEAFARERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1992 No. 234, 1992 - SECT 57

57. If:

   (a)  compensation is payable under this Act in respect of the death of an
        employee or an injury to an employee; and

   (b)  the employee, or a dependant of the deceased employee, as the case may
        be, institutes proceedings against the employee's employer or another
        employee for the recovery of damages in respect of the death or
        injury; 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.