Workmen’S Compensation Act · 1984 Revised Edition · Part III
Section 32
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
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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…
Effect of fai-lure to record an agreement
Arbitrator to decide when parties fail to
any application made to him to vary or can-agree eel an order made by the Commissioner under sub-section (1) of section 29; and
any other question arising under the Act which a workman, his employer and the Commis-sioner cannot settle by agreement under subsec-tion (3) of section 27.
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;
For the purposes of subsection (1) a question shall be deemed not settled by agreement unless the work-man, the employer and the Commissioner all signify their consent by signing an acknowledgement of agreement or unless an agreement between the workman and the em-
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ployer is recorded by the Commissioner under the provi-sions of section 30.
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Agreement to be free of stamp duty
Workmen's Compensation
An application requesting the decision of an arbitrator on any question may be drawn up and submitted to an arbitrator by a workman, by the employer, by the
Commissioner on behalf of a workman or by the Commis-sioner of his own motion, or by any person aggrieved by any order of the Commissioner under section 29 (1).
( 4) An application to an arbitrator for the settlement of any question shall be made in such form and shall be accompanied by such fee, if any, as may be prescribed and shall contain, in addition to any particulars which may be prescribed, a concise statement of the circumstances in which the application is made and of the relief or order which the applicant seeks and of the questions on which agreement both has and has not been reached:
Provided that the payment of fees shall be waived when the Commissioner makes an application either of his own motion or on behalf of a workman.
The Commissioner shall, at the request of any person applying for the same and upon payment of the pre-scribed fees, supply to him a copy of his records together with a copy of any relevant correspondence and shall aut-henticate the same.
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;