Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 105I

105I Assessing liability after cancellation

(1) WorkCover must appoint an actuary to assess the non-scheme employer’s liability under section 105B (3) .

(2) The amount of liability is the amount calculated under a regulation.

(3) The amount of liability assessed and management costs—

(a) are a debt due to WorkCover by the non-scheme employer; and

(b) are payable within 20 business days after the date of assessment, or a further period allowed by WorkCover.

(4) Without limiting subsection (3) , if the non-scheme employer fails to pay the debt within the period, WorkCover may recover the debt from the non-scheme employer’s section 84 security.

(5) The Regulator must retain the section 84 security until the non-scheme employer’s liability under section 105B (3) has been finalised as provided for under a regulation.

(6) In this section—

"management costs" means the reasonable costs of—

(a) administering the claims for which the non-scheme employer is liable; and

(b) the actuarial assessment of liability.