Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 117

117 Compensation recoverable if later paid under corresponding laws

(1) This section applies if, for an injury—

(a) an insurer has paid compensation under this Act to, or on account of, a person; and

(b) subsequently payment (by whatever name called) that corresponds to compensation under this Act is made to, or on account of, the person under an entitlement under another law for the injury.

(2) The insurer may recover the amount paid as compensation under this Act from the person to whom, or on whose account, it was paid.

(3) However, if the payments made to, or on account of, the person under the other law correspond only to compensation under chapter 4A , subsection (2) applies only to the extent of compensation paid under chapter 4 or 4A .