Table 3.4: Prescribed time periods for injury notification | Safe Work Australia

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	Worker notifies employer/insurer of injury	Employer notifies insurer/authority of injury	Insurer notifies authority of injury	Authority notifies insurer of injury
NSW	‘…as soon as possible after the injury happens.’ - s44(1), Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998.	48 hours after becoming aware that a worker has received a workplace injury —s44(2).	To give notice ‘...as soon as practicable...’ - s44.	To give notice ‘...as soon as practicable...’ - s44.
Vic	30 days after becoming aware of injury - s18(1) Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013. Beyond 30 days after becoming aware of injury in certain conditions - s18(6)	Within 3 business days of receiving a mental injury claim – s 73A(1) and 3 business days of receiving a mental injury claim - s 73A	N/A	N/A
Qld	N/A	8 business days - s133(3), Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003	N/A	N/A
WA	As soon as practicable — s178(1)(a), Workers’ Compensation and Injury Management Act 1981. Claim within 12 months of injury — s178(1)(b).	5 days after claim is made — s57A(2A)	N/A	N/A
SA	Within 24 hours or as soon as practicable — s16(2), Return to Work Act 2014	5 business days - s16(6)	N/A	N/A
Tas	As soon as practicable, and before the worker has voluntarily left the employment — s32(1)(a), Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.	3 working days after becoming aware that worker has suffered a workplace injury — s143A	Insurer must forward a copy of a claim for compensation to the Board within 5 working days after receiving it s36(2)	N/A
NT	As soon as practicable — s80(1) Return to Work Act.	Forward the claim form to the insurer within 3 working days of receiving claim from the worker — s84.	An insurer who is given notice of a claim under s81 or receives a claim forwarded under subsection (1) shall, within 10 working days after the notice is given or the claim received, forward a copy to the Authority — s84(2).	N/A
ACT	As soon as possible — s93(1), Workers Compensation Act 1951.	48 hrs of becoming aware — s93(2)	N/A	N/A
C’wealth Comcare	As soon as practicable — s53(1)(a), Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.	N/A	N/A	N/A
C’wealth Seacare	As soon as practicable — s62(1)(a), Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992.	N/A	N/A	N/A
C’wealth DVA	Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 (MRCA) — N/A Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988 (DRCA) — As soon as practicable — s53(1)(a)	MRCA — N/A DRCA — N/A	MRCA — N/A DRCA — N/A	MRCA — N/A DRCA — N/A
New Zealand	In the case of a claim for cover, within 12 months after the date on which they suffer the personal injury; or in the case of a claim for an entitlement, within 12 months after the date on which the need for the entitlement arose — s53(3)	N/A	N/A	N/A