Section 148A — Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW)

If the Nominal Insurer has paid or is liable to pay an amount as compensation for which an employer is liable under this Act or the former Act or an amount of work injury damages for which an employer is liable, the Nominal Insurer is subrogated to any right of the employer and any insurer of the employer to recover any amount from any other person in respect of that payment (had the payment been made by the employer or insurer), whether the right arises by way of a liability for contribution, apportionment of liability or otherwise.

Related sections

• s 146 — Commutation of weekly payments
• s 147 — Miscellaneous provisions
• s 148 — Application of other provisions of Act
• s 149 — Definitions
• s 150 — Reference to worker’s employer includes fellow workers etc
• s 150A — The applicable substantive law for work injury claims

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