Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SEAFARERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1992 No. 234, 1992 - SECT 78

78.(1) An employer may, on the employer's own initiative, reconsider a
determination made by the employer, whether or not a proceeding has been
instituted or completed under this Part in respect of a reviewable decision
made in relation to that determination.

(2) A claimant may, by notice in writing given to an employer, request the
employer to reconsider a determination made by the employer.

(3) A request for reconsideration of a determination must:

   (a)  set out the reasons for the request; and

   (b)  be given to the employer within 30 days after the day on which the
        determination first came to the notice of the claimant, or within such
        further period (if any) as the employer, either before or after the
        end of that 30 day period, allows.

(4) On receipt of a request, the employer must for the purposes of this
section:

   (a)  if the employer is a party to a certified agreement that relates to
        industry panels-arrange for an industry panel; or

   (b)  in any other case-arrange with Comcare for a Comcare officer; to
        assist the employer in reconsidering the determination under
        subsection (5).

(5) After making arrangements under paragraph (4)(a) or (b), the employer
must, with the assistance of the industry panel or the Comcare officer,
reconsider the determination.

(6) After an employer reconsiders a determination, the employer must make a
decision affirming or revoking the determination or varying the determination
in such manner as the employer thinks fit.

(7) In this section:

"certified agreement" has the same meaning as in the Industrial Relations  Act
1988 ;

"industry panel" means an industry panel established under a certified
agreement for the purposes of assisting the employer in reconsidering a
determination under this section.