Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SEAFARERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1992 No. 234, 1992 - SECT 63

63.(1) Compensation is not payable to a person under this Act unless a claim
for compensation is made by or on behalf of the person under this section.

(2) A claim must be made by giving the employer:

   (a)  a written claim, in accordance with a form approved by the Authority
        for the purposes of this paragraph; and

   (b)  except where the claim is for compensation under section 28, 29 or
        30-a certificate by a legally qualified medical practitioner in
        accordance with the form approved by the Authority for the purposes of
        this paragraph; and

   (c)  a notice setting out:

        (i)    the name and address of any other employer who has been given,
               or to whom it is intended to give, a claim under paragraph
               (2)(a) in relation to the injury; and

        (ii)   the name and address of any other employer whose employment is
               believed to have materially contributed to the injury.

(3) If a written claim (other than a claim for compensation under section  28
, 29 or 30) is given to a person under paragraph (2)(a) and the claim is not
accompanied by a certificate of the kind referred to in paragraph (2)(b), the
claim is taken not to have been made until such a certificate is given to that
employer.

(4) Strict compliance with an approved form referred to in subsection (2) is
not required and substantial compliance is sufficient.