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WORKPLACE INJURY REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 2013 - SECT 301

Costs

    (1)     Despite section 285(2), each party to a dispute referred to conciliation bears the party's own costs.

    (2)     Despite subsection (1) and regardless of the outcome of a conciliation conference, the Authority or a self-insurer is liable to—

        (a)     pay the reasonable expenses of the worker's transport to and from the conciliation conference as specified in subsection (3); and

        (b)     reimburse the worker for any loss of income sustained by the worker in attending the conciliation conference as specified in subsection (4).

    (3)     An amount not exceeding $56 may be paid to a worker for his or her reasonable transportation expenses in getting to and from the conciliation conference.

    (4)     An amount not exceeding $386 per day may be paid to a worker for any loss of income sustained as a result of his or her attendance at the conciliation conference.

    (5)     A payment made in accordance with subsection (2) is not a payment of compensation under this Act or the Accident Compensation Act 1985 except for the purposes of—

        (a)     calculating employer premiums under Part 10; or

        (b)     seeking an indemnity from a third party under section 369 or any other indemnity under this Act or under section 138 of the Accident Compensation Act 1985 or any other indemnity under that Act; or

        (c)     seeking a refund of payments under section 599 or any other amount relating to the recovery of payments under this Act or the Accident Compensation Act 1985 .

S. 301A inserted by No. 15/2021 s. 34.



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