Western Australian Current Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 75

75 .         Obligation to make weekly payments preserved

        (1)         Where an employer is liable under section 73(1) to pay compensation under this Act, neither that employer nor his insurer shall give notification under section 57A(3)(b) or (c) or 57B(2)(b) or (c) in respect of weekly payments claimed, but nothing in this section affects the right to make an application under section 73(4) in relation to the matter.

        (2)         An employer or insurer that gives notification contrary to subsection (1) commits an offence.

        Penalty: $1 000.

        [Section 75 inserted: No. 96 of 1990 s. 19; amended: No. 42 of 2004 s. 61.]