Workmen’S Compensation Act · 1984 Revised Edition · Part II · Workman'S Compensation for Injury
17. Review
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any periodical payment payable under this Act, either under an agreement between the workman and the employer and consented to and recorded by the Commis-sioner or under the award of an arbitrator, may be reviewed by the Commissioner on the application either of the em-ployer or of the workman accompanied by a certificate of a
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;
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Workmen's Compensation registered medical practitioner that there has been a change in the condition of the workman.
Any periodical payment may, on review under this section, and subject to the provisions of this Act, be continued, increased, decreased or ended.
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Any periodical payments may by agreement between Commuta-the workman and the employer consented to and recorded ~:ri~Jical by the Commissioner or, if the workman and the employer payments cannot agree or the Commissioner does not consent and the payments have been continued for not less than 6 months, on application to an arbitrator, be commuted into a lump sum to be paid instead of such half-monthly payments of such amount as may be agreed to by the parties and con-sented to by the Commissioner or determined by the arbit-rator, as the case may be.
arbitrator
"arbitrator" means a person appointed by His Majesty by notification in the Gazette to be an arbitrator for workmen's compensation; the "Commissioner'' means the Commissioner of Labour appointed under section 3 of the Labour Act…
Terms defined in s 3
arbitrator
Defined · s 3"arbitrator" means a person appointed by His Majesty by notification in the Gazette to be an arbitrator for workmen's compensation; the "Commissioner'' means the Commissioner of Labour appointed under section 3 of the Labour Act…
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;
registered medical practitioner
Defined · s 3"registered medical practitioner" means a medical practitioner registered or exempted from registra-tion under the provisions of any written law relat-ing to the registration of medical practitioners from time to time in force in Brunei;