New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WORKPLACE INJURY MANAGEMENT AND WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1998 - SECT 295

295 Disputes to which Part applies

(1) This Part applies to a dispute referred to the Commission that concerns--

(a) weekly payments of compensation or medical expenses compensation, or

(b) failure by an insurer, employer or worker to comply with a requirement imposed by or under Chapter 3 (Workplace injury management).

(2) This Part extends to a dispute that concerns failure to commence provisional weekly payments of compensation as required by Division 1 of Part 3 (even though no claim has been made for that compensation) and so extends as if--

(a) a reference in this Part to weekly payments included a reference to provisional weekly payments, and

(b) initial notification of injury (as defined in Part 3) constituted a claim for the compensation.