(1) Subject to
subsection (2), a worker’s entitlement to weekly payments of
compensation under this Act is suspended during any period that the worker is
—
(a) in
custody under a law of this State, another State or a Territory, or the
Commonwealth except where that custody is of a kind prescribed by the
regulations; or
(b)
otherwise serving a term of imprisonment of a kind prescribed by the
regulations.
(2) The worker’s
entitlement to compensation is suspended from the date on which an arbitrator
certifies to the existence of the ground of suspension under subsection (1)
until the date from which an arbitrator certifies that the ground no longer
exists.
(3) A certificate
issued under subsection (2) is binding on the worker, the employer and the
insurer of the employer.
(4) An arbitrator may
exercise functions under this section entirely on the basis of the documents
and information provided to the arbitrator.
[Section 72 inserted: No. 42 of 2004 s. 58.]