Western Australian Current Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 72I

72I .         Manner of payment of lump sum compensation

        (1)         If an order (the compensation order ) is made under section 72H(7) for the payment of compensation to which a dependant of a deceased worker (the dependant ) is entitled under clause 7 or 11, the compensation order must specify whether compensation for the dependant is to be —

            (a)         paid to WorkCover WA and applied in the manner specified in the order; or

            (b)         paid to the dependant as specified in the order.

        (2)         Subsection (3) applies after the making of the compensation order if the compensation order includes provisions of the kind mentioned in subsection (1)(a).

        (3)         On application being made to the Registrar, an arbitrator may make an order specifying that the compensation is to be —

            (a)         applied otherwise than in the manner specified in the compensation order; or

            (b)         paid to the dependant.

        [Section 72I inserted: No. 8 of 2018 s. 6.]