Work Injury Compensation Act 2019 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Compensation for Work Injury
20. Direction to pay relative
Feedback & supportWhere the Commissioner is satisfied that compensation cannot be paid by an employer’s insurer in accordance with section 18(2)(a), (b), (c) or (d) or by the employer to the employee under section 19(1)(a), the Commissioner may direct the employer’s insurer or the employer (as the case may be) to make the payment —
Commissioner
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner for Labour appointed under section 3 of the Employment Act 1968;
to one or more of the employee’s relatives; and (b)in the proportion the Commissioner specifies.
The Commissioner may vary any direction made under this section if the Commissioner is satisfied, after such inquiry as the Commissioner considers necessary, that the direction ought to be varied by reason of any change in the circumstances of any relative of the employee, or for any other sufficient cause.
relative
“relative”, in relation to a claimant, means any of the following:(a)a spouse of the claimant;(b)a child (including any adopted child, illegitimate child or stepchild) of the claimant;(c)a parent (including any adoptive parent or step‑parent) of the claimant;(d)the claimant’s sibling (including any stepsibling or half sibling);(e)the claimant’s grandparent or grandchild;
The Commissioner must not make any direction or any variation under this section that prejudices any person, unless that person has been given a reasonable opportunity to make representations to the Commissioner.