Work Injury Compensation Act 2019(No. 27 of 2019)
Table of Contents
Long Title
Enacting Formula
Part 1 PRELIMINARY
1 Short title and commencement
2 General interpretation
3 Meanings of "employee" and "employer"
4 Meaning of incapacity
5 Purpose of Act
6 Assistant Commissioners, investigation officers and authorised persons
Part 2 COMPENSATION FOR WORK INJURY
7 Employer’s liability to compensate for work injury
8 Certain accidents deemed to be in course of employment
9 Accidents outside Singapore
10 Employer’s liability to compensate for diseases
11 Date of accident and apportionment of liability for compensation for disease
12 Compensation for disease limited to work injuries
13 Liability of principal
14 Computation of compensation
15 Assessment of permanent incapacity or current incapacity
16 Compensation for medical treatment
17 Compensation for temporary incapacity
18 Payment or deposit by employer’s insurer
19 Payment or deposit by employer
20 Direction to pay relative
21 Deposit with Commissioner
22 Discharge for payment
23 No contracting out, etc.
Part 3 WORK INJURY COMPENSATION INSURANCE
24 Employer must be insured against liabilities under Act
25 Offences by employer in relation to insurance
26 Approved policy
27 Insurer not to object on ground of double insurance
28 Insurer’s obligation if employer bankrupt, etc.
29 Application of section 28 where insurance contract void or voidable
30 Offences relating to provision of insurance
31 Designation by Commissioner
32 Obligations of designated insurer
33 Collection and disclosure of information by Commissioner
34 Cancellation or suspension of designation and financial penalty
Part 4 COMPENSATION PROCESS
35 Deemed claim when employer has notice of accident
36 Processing of claim by employer’s insurer or Commissioner
37 Duties in relation to medical examinations
38 Refusal of medical treatment
39 Claim for permanent incapacity or current incapacity
40 Employer must cooperate with employer’s insurer
41 Withdrawal and resumption of claim
42 No compensation if claim withdrawn
43 Representative of claimant, employee, employer, employer’s insurer, etc.
44 Insurer’s process
45 Directions by Commissioner on designated insurer’s denial of coverage
46 Objection to notice of computation
47 Payment of compensation by employer’s insurer
48 Assessment or reassessment by Commissioner
49 Objection to notice of assessment
50 Directions by Commissioner
51 Settlement of compensation
52 Pre-hearing conference
53 Failure to appear of one or more persons
54 Powers of Commissioner
55 Hearing by Commissioner
56 Experts to assist Commissioner
57 Medical Board
58 Appeal to High Court
59 Interest on compensation not paid or deposited in time
60 Enforcement of orders
61 Offence for failing to pay or deposit compensation, etc., and recovery on conviction
62 Offence of false or misleading information to obtain or avoid compensation
63 Limitation of right of action for damages
64 Remedies against both employer and third party
Part 5 APPLICATION OF ACT TO SEAFARERS
65 Application of Act to seafarer
66 Depositions admissible under Merchant Shipping Act
67 Effect of other laws relating to shipping
Part 6 POWERS FOR EXECUTION OF ACT
68 Powers of Commissioner and investigation officers
69 Reciprocal arrangements for payment of work injury compensation
70 Ex gratia payments from Workers’ Fund
71 Protection from personal liability
Part 7 GENERAL PROVISIONS ON OFFENCES
72 Offences by corporations
73 Offences by unincorporated associations or partnerships
74 When Magistrate may try offence
75 Jurisdiction of court
76 Composition of offences
77 Government not liable to prosecution
Part 8 MISCELLANEOUS
78 Immunity from liability for disclosure of information
79 Exemptions
80 Service of documents
81 Amendment of Schedules
82 Regulations
83 Consequential and related amendments to other Acts
84 Repeal and saving and transitional provisions