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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2001 Week 10 Hansard (28 August) . . Page.. 3500 ..
(2) The personal injury plan must be established-
(a) in agreement with the employer (unless the employer is a self-insurer or a non-business employer) and the injured worker, to the maximum extent that their cooperation and participation allow; and
(b) with the assistance of an approved rehabilitation provider.
(3) The insurer must give effect to the personal injury plan established for the injured worker and, for that purpose, must comply with the obligations imposed on the insurer under the plan.
(4) In this section:
43 significant injury means a workplace injury that is likely to result in the worker being incapacitated for work for a continuous period of longer than 7 days, whether or not any of those days are business days and whether or not the incapacity is total or partial or a combination of both.
10T Provision of information about personal injury plan
(1) The insurer must give both the employer and the injured worker information about the personal injury plan.(2) The information must include a statement to the effect that the worker's entitlement to weekly compensation may stop if the worker unreasonably fails to comply with the requirements of this chapter after being asked to do so by the insurer.
(3) The insurer must keep the employer informed of significant steps taken, or proposed to be taken, under the personal injury plan for the worker, unless the employer is a self-insurer.
10U Vocational rehabilitation
The insurer must ensure, as far as possible, that vocational rehabilitation provided or arranged for the injured worker under the personal injury plan is of a kind that may reasonably be thought likely to lead to a real prospect of employment or a real increase in earnings for the injured worker.10V Employer's personal injury plan obligations
(NSW WIMWCA s 46)(1) The employer must take part and cooperate in the establishment of a personal injury plan for the injured worker.
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.
(2) The employer must comply with the reasonable obligations imposed on the employer under the personal injury plan.
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.
(3) This section does not apply if the employer is a self-insurer.
10W Worker's personal injury plan obligations
(NSW WIMWCA s 47)(1) The injured worker must take part and cooperate in the establishment of a personal injury plan for the worker.
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