Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 No 86
Current version for 11 January 2013 to date (accessed 19 May 2013 at 06:59)
Chapter 7Part 4Section 287A

287A   Reviews prior to referral

(1)  A worker may request an insurer to review a claim after the insurer has disputed the claim or any aspect of the claim. A request may be made at any time before the dispute is referred to the Registrar for determination by the Commission.
(2)  On such a request, the insurer must review the claim not later than 14 days after the request is made and may accept the claim or, if the insurer determines that it disputes liability in respect of the claim or any aspect of the claim, must give notice of the dispute to the claimant.
(3)  The notice must contain the matters required to be set out under section 74 in a notice of a dispute and may contain such other information as the regulations may prescribe.
(4)  The notice is to comply with the other requirements for a notice given under section 74.
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