Workmen’S Compensation Act · 1984 Revised Edition · Part III
Section 34
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any appearance, application or act required to be made or done by any person before or to an arbitrator
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…
(other than an appearance of a party which is required for the purpose of his examination as a witness) may be made or done on behalf of such person by an advocate or, with leave of the Commissioner, by any other person authorised in writing by such person or, when such person is a workman, by the Commissioner on his behalf or, when such person is an employer, by a person in his permanent and exclusive employment or by his insurer or, where the insurer is 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;
Workmen's Compensation company, by an agent authorised, generally or specifically
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under the seal of the company, to represent the company in such proceedings.
Where the Government is a party to any pro-ceedings under this Act such appearance, application or act may be made by the head of the department by, in or under which the workman was employed or by any officer of such department authorised in writing by the head thereof or any person authorised by the Attorney General.
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;
insurer
Defined · s 3"insurer" means any society, association, company or underwriter carrying on in Brunei the l:iusiness of effecting contracts of insurance against the liability of an employer for personal injury by acci-dent to any workman in his employment arising out of and in the course of such employment;