Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SEAFARERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1992 No. 234, 1992 - SECT 62

62.(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act does not apply to an injury
suffered by an employee unless a written notice of the injury is given to the
employer:

   (a)  as soon as practicable after the employee becomes aware of the injury;
        or

   (b)  if the employee dies without having become so aware or before it is
        practicable to serve such a notice-as soon as practicable after the
        employee's death.

(2) This Act does not apply in relation to the loss of, or damage to,
property used by an employee, being loss or damage caused in circumstances
referred to in section 27, unless a written notice of the accident that
resulted in the loss or damage is given to the employer:

   (a)  as soon as practicable after the employee becomes aware that the
        accident had resulted in the loss or damage; or

   (b)  if the employee dies without having become so aware or before it is
        practicable to serve such a notice-as soon as practicable after the
        employee's death.

(3) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), if the injury was suffered by
an employee on a prescribed ship, a notice given to the master of the ship is
taken to be given to the employer.

(4) If:

   (a)  a written notice, purporting to be a notice under this section, has
        been given to an employer; and

   (b)  the notice, or the giving of the notice, does not comply with this
        section; the notice is taken to have been given under this section if:

   (c)  the employer to whom it was given would not thereby be prejudiced; or

   (d)  the non-compliance resulted from the death, or absence from Australia,
        of a person, or from ignorance, or mistake, or any other reasonable
        cause.