Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SEAFARERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1992 No. 234, 1992 - SECT 73

73.(1) If the claim relates to an injury to an employee other than an injury
resulting in death, the employee's employer must determine its liability in
relation to the claim for compensation by the later of the following times:
(a) the end of the period ("original 12-day period") of 12 days after the
employer receives the claim;

   (b)  if the employer, by written notice under section 67 served on the
        claimant, within the original 12-day period, asks the claimant to give
        information, or a copy of a document-the end of the period of 12 days
        after the employer receives the information;

   (c)  if, at the written request of the employer, the Authority by written
        notice within the original 12-day period makes a decision allowing a
        period longer than the original 12-day period-the end of that longer
        period.

(2) If the employer has not determined the claim by the end of the period
allowed by subsection (1), then, at the end of that period the employer is
taken to have made a decision disallowing the claim.

(3) If the injury under subsection (1) results in the employee being
incapacitated for work, compensation is payable in respect of the claim for
the incapacity from the day liability arose under section 31.

(4) If the injury under subsection (1) results in permanent impairment to the
employee compensation is payable in accordance with section 39 or 40.

(5) A request under paragraph (1)(c) must state fully and in detail the
circumstances concerning, and the reasons for, the employer's request for the
Authority to allow a longer period than the original 12-day period.