Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 185

185 Insurer to give notice of assessment of permanent impairment

(1) The insurer must, within 10 business days after receiving the assessment of the worker’s permanent impairment, give the worker a notice of assessment in the approved form.

(2) To remove any doubt, it is declared that if a worker sustains multiple injuries in an event, the insurer must give the notice only after the worker’s DPI for all injuries has been decided.

(3) The notice must state—

(a) whether the worker has sustained permanent impairment from the injury; and

(b) if the worker has sustained permanent impairment—

(i) the DPI for the injury; and

(ii) the amount of lump sum compensation under section 180 to which the worker is entitled for the injury; and

(c) if the worker is entitled to additional lump sum compensation under division 4 —the worker’s entitlement.