New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WORKERS COMPENSATION REGULATION 2016 - REG 8N

8N Insurer procedures for work capacity decisions--section 44BAA

(1) Within 14 days after making a payment increase decision, the insurer must pay to the worker the amount of the increase in weekly payments of compensation that has become payable to the worker as a result of the decision.

: Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.

(2) A
"payment increase decision" is a work capacity decision about the amount of a worker's pre-injury average weekly earnings or current weekly earnings that results in an increase in the amount of weekly payments of compensation becoming payable to the worker in respect of any period before the decision is made.