Workers Compensation and Injury Management Arbitration Rules 2024

If, on application by a party to a proceeding, a person is joined as a party to the proceeding, the party who made the application must, within 7 days after the day on which the order is made under rule 25(1)(a), notify the person that they have been joined as a party by giving the following documents to the person and, if the person is an employer but not a self‑insurer, to the employer’s insurer —

written notice in the approved form advising the person —

that they have been joined as a party to the proceeding; and

that they may, within 14 days after receiving the notice, lodge a reply; and

if a reply is lodged under subparagraph (ii) — that they must, within 14 days after receiving the notice, give a copy of the sealed reply to each other party to the proceeding;

a copy of the sealed arbitration application and any reply to the application;

a copy of any sealed document that was lodged with the application or reply.

If, on the arbitrator’s own initiative, a person is joined as a party to a proceeding, the Registrar must, within 7 days after the day on which the order is made under rule 25(1)(a), notify the person that they have been joined as a party by giving the documents referred to in subrule (1) to the person and, if the person is an employer but not a self‑insurer, to the employer’s insurer, if known.