On 22/05/2013,
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incorporating all amendments published on or before 22/05/2013.
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23. Section 24 of the principal Act is amended —
(a)
by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:
“(2) The Commissioner shall cause to be served on the employer and the person claiming compensation for any injury resulting from an accident —
(a)
a notice of assessment of compensation stating the amount of the compensation payable in accordance with the assessment made by the Commissioner under subsection (1); or
(b)
a notice of assessment of compensation stating that no compensation is payable if the Commissioner is of the view that the injury to which the claim relates did not arise out of or in the course of the person’s employment or that the person was not an employee within the meaning of this Act.”;
(b)
by deleting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsections:
“(3) A notice of assessment of compensation referred to in subsection (2)(a) that is served under subsection (2) on an employer and the person claiming compensation shall be deemed to have been agreed upon by the employer and the person claiming compensation, and shall have the effect of an order under section 25D on —
(a)
the 15th day after the notice is served where no objection is received by the Commissioner within a period of 14 days after the service of the notice; or
(b)
the 29th day after the notice is served where all objections so received by the Commissioner are withdrawn within a period of 28 days after the service of the notice.
(3A) Any notice of assessment of compensation referred to in subsection (2)(b) that is served under subsection (2) on an employer and the person claiming compensation shall have the effect of an order under section 25D on the 15th day after the notice of assessment is served if no objection is received by the Commissioner within a period of 14 days after the service of the notice.
(3B) No appeal shall lie against any order under subsection (3) or (3A).”;
(c)
by deleting subsection (4) and substituting the following subsection:
“(4) The employer shall pay the amount of compensation determined to the Commissioner or such person claiming compensation as the Commissioner may direct —
(a)
within a period of 21 days after the service of a notice of assessment of compensation on the employer if no objection is received by the Commissioner within the time limited under subsection (3)(a); or
(b)
within a period of 35 days after the service of a notice of assessment of compensation on the employer if all objections so received by the Commissioner are withdrawn within the time limited under subsection (3)(b).”;
(d)
by deleting subsection (5);
(e)
by deleting the words “silicosis or asbestosis” in subsection (6) and substituting the words “any prescribed occupational disease specified in the Second Schedule”;
(f)
by inserting, immediately before the word “disease” in subsection (6), the word “occupational”; and
(g)
by deleting subsections (9) and (10).