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WORKPLACE INJURY MANAGEMENT AND WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1998 - SECT 109
Interest before order for payment
109 Interest before order for payment
(cf former s 113)
(1) In any proceedings before the Commission, the
Commission may order that there is to be included, in any sum to be paid,
interest at such rate as the Commission thinks fit on the whole or any part of
the sum for the whole or any part of the period before the sum is payable,
subject to the limitations imposed by this section.
(2) Interest cannot be
ordered under this section-- (a) on any compensation payable under Division 4
of Part 3 of the 1987 Act, or
(b) on any compensation payable under this Act
for any period before a claim for the compensation was duly made, or
(c) on
any compensation payable under this Act for any period during which
proceedings before the Commission were adjourned on the application of the
claimant for the compensation or pursuant to section 102.
(3) This section
does not-- (a) authorise the giving of interest upon interest, or
(b) apply
in relation to any debt upon which interest is payable as of right whether by
virtue of any agreement or otherwise.
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