Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to this section, an amount of compensation payable to a claimant under section 29, 39, 40 or 41, must be paid to the claimant within 30 days after the date of the determination of the amount.
(1A) Subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .
(2) If an amount of compensation is not paid to a claimant in accordance with subsection (1), interest is payable to the claimant on that amount in respect of the period beginning at the end of the period of 30 days referred to in that subsection and ending on the day the amount is paid.
(3) Interest payable under subsection (2) must be paid at such rate as is from time to time specified by the Minister for the purposes of this section by legislative instrument.
(4) This section does not apply if:
(a) an employer has been requested under Part 6 to reconsider a determination under section 78; or
(b) the ART has been requested under Part 6 to review a determination under section 88.