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Work Injury Compensation Act 2019 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Compensation Process

47G. Recovery of amounts payable under section 47C(6) or (7)

Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2024.

(1)

Except where subsection (2) applies, the relevant PO’s insurer is entitled to recover directly from a platform operator’s insurer mentioned in section 47C(2) (Y), in accordance with subsection (3) —

(a)

the amount mentioned in section 47C(6) or any part of that amount unpaid; and

(b)

interest on the amount mentioned in paragraph (a) at the same rate as for a judgment debt.

(2)

In a case where section 47C(7) applies, the relevant PO’s insurer is entitled to recover directly from a platform operator mentioned in that provision (Z), in accordance with subsection (3) —

(a)

the amount mentioned in that provision or any part of that amount unpaid; and

(b)

interest on the amount mentioned in paragraph (a) at the same rate as for a judgment debt.

(3)

The relevant PO’s insurer may recover the amount mentioned in subsection (1) from Y, or the amount mentioned in subsection (2) from Z (as the case may be), after the later of the following:

(a)

the expiry of the prescribed period starting on the date on which the relevant PO’s insurer made payment or deposit in accordance with section 47C(4);

(b)

where a notice of objection has been given to the Commissioner under section 47E(3) or (5) — the date on which the Commissioner makes an order under section 47E(9)(b).