Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) An insurer rejects a claim for compensation under this Act by written notice given to the worker and, unless the insurer is a self-insurer, the employer.
(2) The claim is taken to be rejected when the notice is received by the worker and, unless the insurer is a self-insurer, the employer.
(3) If the worker and employer do not receive the notice on the same day, the notice is taken to have been given on the day the notice is received by the last of them.
(4) The notice must include the reason the insurer is rejecting the claim.
(5) If the insurer rejects the claim 28 days or later after the claim is given to the insurer, the notice must include a statutory declaration explaining why the insurer is rejecting the claim.
Note The Statutory Declarations Act 1959 (Cwlth) applies to the making of statutory declarations under ACT laws (see that Act, s 5).
(6) For this section, a notice is taken not to contain the reason the insurer is rejecting the claim if it simply says the claim is being rejected for medical reasons without including the medical reasons.