Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION REGULATION 2014 - REG 33

33 Payment of amount

(1) WorkCover must pay the outstanding liability amount—

(a) agreed to by WorkCover and the employer; or

(b) if there is no agreement—decided by the arbiter.

(2) WorkCover must pay the employer—

(a) 75% of the outstanding liability amount on the day the licence commences; and

(b) the balance within 1 month after the day the licence commences.

(3) WorkCover’s actuary must adjust the outstanding liability amount paid to the employer to take into account—

(a) compensation and damages payments made between the assessment day and the day the employer becomes liable for the employer’s outstanding liability amount; and

(b) claims lodged against the employer between the assessment day and the day the employer becomes liable for the employer’s outstanding liability amount.