Queensland Numbered Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION (NATIONAL INJURY INSURANCE SCHEME) AMENDMENT ACT 2016 - SECT 14

14 Amendment of s 118 (Condition on compensation application if compensation available under this Act and corresponding law)

(1) Section 118(1)(b), from ‘a law’ to ‘Queensland’—
omit, insert—
another law

(2) Section 118(2)(a), from ‘law’ to ‘Queensland’—
omit, insert—
other law

(3) Section 118—
insert—

(3) However, if the person’s entitlement under the other law relates only to payments corresponding to compensation under chapter 4A—

(a) subsection (2) does not apply; and

(b) an application for compensation under this Act is duly made, and is to be acted on, only if the claimant gives the insurer the claimant’s statutory declaration about—

(i) whether or not the claimant has made a claim for payment for the injury under the entitlement under the other law; and

(ii) if the claimant has not made a claim for payment for the injury under the entitlement under the other law—whether or not the claimant intends to make the claim.