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WORKERS COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 2023 (NO. 21 OF 2023) - SECT 141

141 .         Manner of payment: lump sum compensation

        (1)         A compensation order for the payment of compensation to which a dependant of a deceased worker is entitled under section 133 or  136 must specify whether compensation for the dependant —

            (a)         must be paid to WorkCover WA and applied in the manner specified in the order; or

            (b)         must be paid to the dependant as specified in the order.

        (2)         If a compensation order requires the compensation for a dependant to be paid to WorkCover WA and applied in the manner specified in the order, an arbitrator may on application order that the compensation must be —

            (a)         applied otherwise than in the manner specified in the compensation order; or

            (b)         paid to the dependant.



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