Section 186 of the Workers Compensation Act 1990 (Qld) creates a new statutory cause of action against the Board that is distinct from the common law action against the employer. The three-year limitation period under s 11 of the Limitation of Actions Act 1974 (Qld) runs from the date the statutory cause of action accrues (which is no earlier than when notice is given under s 186(2)), not from the date of the original injury. Section 186(3) does not import the original limitation period because the plaintiff would have been able to obtain reinstatement of the dissolved company with exclusion of the dissolution period from the limitation calculation.
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