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WORKPLACE INJURY MANAGEMENT AND WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1998 - SECT 308
Compliance with recommendations of President
308 Compliance with recommendations of President
(1) A party to the dispute to whom a recommendation is made by the President
must, within 14 days (or such longer period as the President may allow in a
particular case)-- (a) comply with the recommendation, or
(b) request the
President to refer the dispute to the Commission for determination.
: Maximum
penalty--50 penalty units.
(2) If a worker's failure to comply with the
President's recommendation constitutes a failure to comply with this section,
the worker has no entitlement to weekly payments of compensation during any
period that the failure to comply with the recommendation continues.
(3) If
an employer's failure to comply with the President's recommendation
constitutes a failure to comply with this section, the employer's insurer is
entitled to recover from the employer (despite the terms of the relevant
policy of insurance) the amount of weekly payments of compensation paid by the
insurer in respect of any period that failure to comply with the
recommendation continues.
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