WORKPLACE INJURY REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 2013 - SECT 299 Revocation of directions of ACCS
WORKPLACE INJURY REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 2013 - SECT 299
Revocation of directions of ACCSS. 299(1) substituted by No. 73/2016 s. 21(12).
(1) A direction given by ACCS under this Division may be revoked by ACCS.
S. 299(2) amended by No. 73/2016 s. 21(2).
(2) A court may, on the application of a person who is liable to make payments of compensation in accordance with a direction of ACCS under this Division, revoke the direction.
(3) If a direction is revoked, the obligation to make payments of compensation under the direction ceases.
S. 299(4) amended by No. 73/2016 s. 21(2).
(4) If a court determines that a person is not liable to make the payments of compensation that have been paid in accordance with a direction of ACCS—
(a) the worker or other person who received those payments is not required to refund those payments unless the court otherwise orders under paragraph (b);
(b) if the court is satisfied that the claim for compensation was wholly or partly fraudulent or made without proper justification, it may order the worker or other person concerned to refund the whole or a specified part of those payments;
(c) the court may, instead of making an order for a refund, order any other person whom it determines was liable for the whole or any part of those payments to reimburse the person who made those payments.
(5) The Magistrates' Court may, on the application of a person to whom a direction has been given under section 294(1)(b)(i), revoke the direction.