Work Injury Compensation Act 2019 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Compensation Process
47A. Relevant platform operator
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For the purposes of processing a platform worker’s claim for compensation under this Act that arises from an accident arising out of and in the course of the platform worker’s provision of any platform service, the platform operator of the platform worker is —
claim
“claim” means a claim for compensation under this Act and includes a deemed claim under section 35;
where, at the time of the accident, the platform worker was at work providing one or more platform services for one platform operator — that platform operator; or
where, at the time of the accident, the platform worker was at work providing one or more platform services for 2 or more platform operators — the platform operator designated under subsection (2) (called in this Division the relevant platform operator).
Where —
at the time of the accident, the platform worker was at work providing one or more platform services for 2 or more platform operators; and
2 or more of the platform operators mentioned in paragraph (a) are liable to pay compensation under this Act to the platform worker,the Commissioner may by written notice designate any platform operator mentioned in paragraph (b) as the relevant platform operator in respect of the platform worker’s claim for compensation under this Act arising from the accident.
A notice issued under subsection (2) must —
identify the platform worker who sustained personal injury and specify the date, time and location of the accident; and
be served on the relevant platform operator and the platform operator’s insurer of the relevant platform operator.