Section 87J — Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW)

Other commutation agreements invalid

(1) Neither agreement as to the commutation of a payment to a lump sum nor payment of the sum payable under the agreement exempts the person by whom the payment is payable from any liability under this Act, except as provided by this Division.
(2) This section does not affect the operation of section 51 in respect of a liability commuted under that section before the commencement of this section.
(3) This section does not affect the operation of section 66A.

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Related sections

s 87G — Commutation when worker legally incapacitated
s 87H — Registration of commutation agreements
s 87I — Payment
s 87K — Commutation payment taken to be payment of compensation
s 138 — Definitions
s 140 — Persons eligible to make claims

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