Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Compensation is not payable to a person under this Act unless a claim for compensation is made by or on behalf of the person under this section.
(2) A claim must be made by giving the employer:
(a) a written claim, in accordance with a form approved by the Authority for the purposes of this paragraph; and
(b) except where the claim is for compensation under section 28, 29 or 30--a certificate by a legally qualified medical practitioner in accordance with the form approved by the Authority for the purposes of this paragraph; and
(c) a notice setting out:
(i) the name and address of any other employer who has been given, or to whom it is intended to give, a claim under paragraph (2)(a) in relation to the injury; and
(ii) the name and address of any other employer whose employment is believed to have materially contributed to the injury.
(3) If a written claim (other than a claim for compensation under section 28, 29 or 30) is given to a person under paragraph (2)(a) and the claim is not accompanied by a certificate of the kind referred to in paragraph (2)(b), the claim is taken not to have been made until such a certificate is given to that employer.
(4) Strict compliance with an approved form referred to in subsection (2) is not required and substantial compliance is sufficient.