Workers Compensation and Injury Management Arbitration Rules 2024

The Registrar must, as soon as practicable after a document is lodged in accordance with Part 10, accept or reject the document.

The Registrar may reject a document that —

is not properly completed or properly lodged; or

is not accompanied by a document as required under these rules or an order of a dispute resolution authority; or

does not otherwise comply with these rules or an order of a dispute resolution authority.

If the Registrar rejects a document, it is taken not to have been lodged.

If the Registrar does not reject a document, the Registrar must —

accept the document; and

seal the document by affixing the seal of the Arbitration Service to the document.

The Registrar must notify the person who lodged the document of —

the decision to reject or accept the document; and

if the document is rejected — the reason for rejecting the document.

If the document is accepted by the Registrar, the Registrar must give the person who lodged the document a copy of the sealed document.