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SEAFARERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1992 - SECT 83

Power to request the provision of information relevant to reconsideration

             (1)  Subject to section 84, if:

                     (a)  a claimant has requested the employer to reconsider a determination under subsection 78(2); and

                     (b)  the employer is satisfied that the claimant:

                              (i)  has information or a document that is relevant to the claim; or

                             (ii)  may obtain such information or a copy of such a document without unreasonable expense or inconvenience;

the employer may, by written notice given to the claimant, ask the claimant to give to the employer:

                     (c)  the information, or the document or a copy of the document; or

                     (d)  if subparagraph (b)(ii) applies--a written authority to obtain the information or the document or a copy of the document.

             (2)  A claimant who has received a notice under subsection (1) is taken to have complied with the notice if the claimant gives the employer the information, the document or a copy of the document, or the authority, referred to in the notice.

             (3)  If a claimant, without reasonable excuse, does not comply with a notice under subsection (1), the employer may refuse to reconsider a determination under subsection 78(2) until the claimant gives the employer the information, or the document or a copy of the document, or the authority, referred to in the notice.



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