New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WORKPLACE INJURY MANAGEMENT AND WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1998 - SECT 44

44 Early notification of workplace injury

(1) An injured worker must notify the employer that the worker has received a workplace injury as soon as possible after the injury happens.

(2) The employer of an injured worker must notify the insurer or the Nominal Insurer within 48 hours after becoming aware that a worker has received a workplace injury in the manner prescribed by the regulations.

(3) If an employer has given notice to the insurer in accordance with subsection (2) of a workplace injury to a worker, the insurer must forward that notice to the Nominal Insurer in accordance with the regulations.

(3A) If an employer has given notice to the Nominal Insurer in accordance with subsection (2) of a workplace injury to a worker--

(a) the Nominal Insurer must as soon as practicable forward that notice to the insurer, and

(b) the notice given to the Nominal Insurer is taken to be notice given to the insurer for the purposes of the employer's policy of insurance.

(3B) If an employer or an insurer has given notice to the Nominal Insurer in accordance with subsection (2) or (3) of a workplace injury to a worker, the Nominal Insurer must as soon as practicable forward that notice to the Authority in accordance with the regulations.

(4) Subsection (2) do not apply when the insurer is a self-insurer.

Note--: The obligations imposed by this section are in addition to those imposed by sections 61- 69.