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WORKPLACE INJURY REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 2013 - SECT 424

Review of final revised assessment at the end of the liability period

    (1)     If a non-WorkCover employer disputes the final revised assessment made under section 417 as at the end of the liability period, the non-WorkCover employer may appoint an actuary to review the final revised assessment.

    (2)     The non-WorkCover employer must pay the cost of conducting the review.

    (3)     The actuary appointed by the non-WorkCover employer must provide comments to the actuary who made the final revised assessment within 28 days of the non-WorkCover employer receiving a copy of the final revised assessment.

    (4)     If the actuary appointed by the non-WorkCover employer and the actuary who made the final revised assessment are unable to reach agreement, the non-WorkCover employer and the Authority may agree—

        (a)     to jointly appoint another actuary to review the final revised assessment; and

        (b)     to be bound by the decision of that actuary.

    (5)     The costs of a review conducted under subsection (4) are to be borne equally by the non-WorkCover employer and the Authority.

    (6)     If—

        (a)     the actuary appointed by the non-WorkCover employer and the actuary who made the final revised assessment were unable to reach agreement; and

        (b)     the non-WorkCover employer and the Authority do not enter into an agreement under subsection (4) within 28 days after the period referred to in subsection (3)—

the final revised assessment under section 417 is by virtue of this subsection binding on the non-WorkCover employer and the Authority.



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