Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) The Authority or a self-insurer may extend or waive any time limit specified in this Division (including a time limit imposed under subsection (4)) as it applies to a worker, on the written application of the worker.
(2) The Authority or self-insurer may only extend or waive such a time limit if it is satisfied that the worker's failure to meet the time limit was due to special circumstances.
(3) An application for the waiver of a time limit may be made at any time, either before or after the limit has expired.
(4) In extending or waiving a time limit, the Authority or self-insurer must specify in writing a new time limit within which the relevant act must be done.
(5) If the Authority or self-insurer extends or waives a time limit—
(a) in the case of an extension, or a waiver that is granted before the time limit expires, the worker's entitlement to apply for a settlement on the expiration of that time limit does not cease on the expiration of that time limit; and
(b) in the case of a waiver, any entitlement to apply for a settlement that ceased on the expiry of the time limit is revived; and
(c) in the case of a worker seeking a settlement under Subdivision 1 or 2, the entitlement to apply for the settlement is to cease if the worker does not do the relevant act before the expiry of the time limit specified under subsection (4).
S. 119L inserted by No. 82/2001 s. 3.