Workmen’S Compensation Act · 1984 Revised Edition · Part II · Workman'S Compensation for Injury
Section 14
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
On receipt of a notice under subsection (1) of section 13 the Commissioner may, without prejudice to any subse-quent proceedings under Part III of this Act, if it appears to him that a claim for compensation may arise in respect of the injury or death of any workman -
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inform such workman or his dependants of the reported cause and circumstances of such in-jury or death and advise them of their right to compensation; and
if so requested by such workman or depen-dants make a claim for compensation on their be-half; or
advise the employer from whom such notice was received to offer such workman or dependants such amount of compensation as may appear to the
employer
"employer" includes - (a) the Government; (b) any statutory body or authority; (c) any person or body of person whether in-corporate or not; (d) the legal personal representative of a de-ceased employer; and (e) in relation to a person employed for the pur-pose of any game or recreation and engaged or paid through a club, the manager or members of the managing committee of such club; and where the services of a workman are tempor-arily lent or let on hire to another person by the person with whom the workman has entered into a contract of employment, the latter shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to continue to be the employer of the workman whilst he is working for that other person;
Commissioner, having regard to the reported cause and circumstances of such injury or death, to be payable in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
Terms defined in s 3
employer
Defined · s 3"employer" includes - (a) the Government; (b) any statutory body or authority; (c) any person or body of person whether in-corporate or not; (d) the legal personal representative of a de-ceased employer; and (e) in relation to a person employed for the pur-pose of any game or recreation and engaged or paid through a club, the manager or members of the managing committee of such club; and where the services of a workman are tempor-arily lent or let on hire to another person by the person with whom the workman has entered into a contract of employment, the latter shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to continue to be the employer of the workman whilst he is working for that other person;